Help! Dirty Lens

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Comment by SunnyDaze on April 11, 2009 at 7:15am

This site is primarily about cleaning sensors but it also has some good tips on products NOT to use on any internal part. Use the links on the left of the page to navigate through the pages. It's a lengthy read, but well worth it in my opinion.
http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/index.html

Comment by Kathy Cypriano on February 1, 2009 at 1:54am

thank you Eric

Comment by Eric Sharp on January 31, 2009 at 3:38pm

Plastic's+ static + dust makes it this way in to the view finder you can use a can compressed air and lightly spray it out and it wont hurt your photo work in viewer with dust but it relay annoying : )

Comment by Kathy Cypriano on January 31, 2009 at 3:24pm

:-( Claudio.....It the liquid that comes with the blower. I couldn't get rid of the spot..but after I used the liquid it went away...okkkkkkkkkk..i'm a dork.....check to a lesson learned... And thank you tressillian. I will use that for future cleanings....thanx guys for your responses...Aloha, Kat

Comment by tressillian on January 31, 2009 at 11:12am

Sounds like you've got specks of dust in the viewfinder. They can get in through the lens hole, bypass the mirror and settle on the inside of the viewfinder. It won't affect the photos - it's just annoying. I've got tons of it in my viewfinder and you learn to ignore it after a while. To prevent it, make sure that when you change the lens:

1. You turn the camera off - this prevents static on the sensor attracting dust.

2. You point the camera downwards (i.e. lens pointing to the floor), so that dust/dirt can't fall in.

3. Do it in a dust free area.

Regards

Comment by Claudio F on January 31, 2009 at 10:10am

if i was able to post a smiley here it would of been the one with BUGGED eyes.. Liquid? did it leave a stain? and what liquid did u use?.. I am scarred...lol

Comment by Kathy Cypriano on January 31, 2009 at 10:07am

oh oh...it wasn't the lens..it was on the body and I tried cleaning it and it didn't go away....so....i cleaned it with liquid....was I not suppose to do that?

Comment by Claudio F on January 31, 2009 at 9:14am

Is it in the lens or the body of the camera?.. remove the lens and look in the viewfinder and see if you still see them, if no, is the lens... and i have always used compressed air but a a distance so it would not be forceful or get any liquid in it..

Comment by Antonow on January 31, 2009 at 9:06am

If the dirt is on the lens try a drop of distilled water and a Microfiber Cleaning Cloth. I've successfully used that method several times.