> <By the way, what's the consensus, do you shut your digital SLR's off > when you changes lenses? I certainly never shut off my film cameras to > do it.> > > I always turn the camera off when changing lenses. The reason given to me for > doing this is that while the camera is on the sensor is charged (and attracts > dust).....and when the camera is off, it is discharged and won't attract > dust. There may be other reasons?
I'm not aware of any other reasons, but the dust alone is reason enough for me. I don't have a DSLR here in Baghdad with me (yet), but after one of my subordinates (military photojournalist) developed a filthy sensor (which ruined all of his shots) within a week of our arrival, I quizzed him and learned that he was switching lenses with the camera on. Someone else (who has been trained how to do so properly) cleaned his sensor, and he now knows to turn the camera off when he changes lenses. The other journalists in our unit already knew to turn the camera off before changing lenses and did not have the same problem. Obviously dust is a bigger problem here than in most parts of the world, but ... Pattie * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
