How often do you need to clean the sensor ? Dust becomes visible on the photos after 1000 photos, and the built in cleaning system is ineffective.
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If you are getting dust in that short of time frame, you are probably not changing your lenses carefully enough. Always keep the body lens side down, turn off the camera and then change lenses. I've got over 50k shutter releases on my D700 and have only had to clean the sensor once. In the mean time get a blower (Giotto's) and use that to blow the dust from the mirror chamber.
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Clean as often as needed. Everyone's shooting methods are different. No set interval can account for all styles and circumstances.
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It all depends on how often u change the lens. Everytime u open up the camera there is a possibility of getting dust on the sensor. To minimize the possibility of dust-point the camera down when changing the lens.
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Dust happens. You do have to be very careful when changing lenses but it somehow manages to get there. When cleaning the sensor, however, be very careful and use ONLY special sensor cleaning products. Don't use your lens cleaning stuff. It is very fragile and can be scratched easily.
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Ours died after 338 photos - The CCD (part that inputs images behind lens) is dead - Return it if you can, warranty it if you can, otherwise its trash.
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I bought my DMC-ZS8 for $149 and was really happy with it until 6 months later when three black dots starting ruining all my pics. Best price I can find is $160 for professional cleaning service. Guess I'll let my teenage son take it apart and see if he can fix it, and if not, then throw it in the trash. What a disappointment.
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Avoid sticking anything inside the camera (mechanical or chemical) if at all possible. Dust can usually be removed with a "Giottos Rocket Air Blaster", which costs $10 here at
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you probably have dust in the lens. This is common if you keep a camera in your pocket. you should contact sony and have them service it (it's still under warranty, and dust in the camera shouldn't happen so quickly. FWIW, my T1 took about 4 years of in the pocket before I noticed dust, and now I notice lots of dust.)
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When looking through camera I see dust particales or fibers. Ive used my the hand air tool you squeeze but ive used that lense tissue and maybe I shouldnt but i bought the kit and i thought it was for the inside as well. How do I get it all out i hate seeing it while i take photos nothign really shows up on photos but its just the site and thought.....
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I wouldn't try that....you can buy a sensor cleaning kit that I have heard works very well, it comes with a DVD tutorial. If you go on UglyHedgehog.com and search for sensor cleaning kit, you can find the brand name there. BUT, I wouldn't try to clean my sensor myself, I would take it to a professional, a mistake like that could trash your camera forever.
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I have found, that if you do not adhere to the clearances in the manual, that the sensor is so sensitive, it will affect the on, off, operation. Also, keeping the filters cleaned pretty much weekly is positively necessary for the same reason. Other than that, it's a hell of a good heater.
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Well, my first question was.. how did you get lint in there? Blower works pretty fine for dust, and smaller pieces of lint. And check mirror one the camera, it could be some lint there :)
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I have this camera, and the dust problem is for real. I'm trying to fine a solution.
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I bought only the sensor. I'm on my second sensor now I got about a years use out of the first one.
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I clean it out atleast once or twice a month give or take just depends on how dusty your house is. IF you have case Dust filters.
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Approx. every six to eight months, running it 8 hours a day in my bedroom. I live in the southwest, in a dry dusty environment, so it would probably last longer under less severe conditions. Also, I must clean the pre-filter at least once a week.
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Well, the laptop bit the dust and I never used the camera so I can't really answer that question. I tried to get the laptop fixed but it is D.O.N.E. - cannot be fixed. It's headed for the trash heap. It was good while it lasted.
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I bought my DMC-ZS8 in 2011 and had to send it back for cleaning and now it again has big dust spots rendering it unusable. They should recall this camera and replace it. I need to buy a camera for my upcoming vacation (there isn't the time to send it back to Panasonic for cleaning) but don't know what to get..
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The reason you don't want to use this to clean the inside of your camera is because there is a chance when you blow air in you'll also blow in more dust. They are recommending you don't do this because you can end up doing more bad than good.
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If you sanitize it on a regular basis, once to twice a week, there should be no dust. The humidifier sucks air in through the bottom and filters it through a filter which is damp and due to the filter the air that comes out is cleaner than the air going in. Hope this helps. Its a good product and amazon has replacement filters for it 3 for $30 i think. I like this humidifier and recommend it.