I've had my 1D for 4 or 5 years now and my 1D.2 for almost 2 years. I have
never done any sensor cleaning other than a hand blower. I think L glass
helps keep the dust out more than the body does. That rubber gasket on the L
lenses' mount is what helps.
I shoot mostly wide open which helps to minimize any dust and it's usually
when I'm off hiking taking pictures at f/16 or f/22 that I come back and
realize I've got dust. Then a few blows takes care of it.
I take no great care in changing lenses and even had my 1D fall lens mount
first, no lens attached, into the sand at the Tempe AVP Open one year. I had
just changed lenses and apparently didn't get it on all the way. It was at
the end of the day so I just went home and blew it out and had no problems
with dust.
But, I'm sure I'm the exception.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Durling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:34 AM
Subject: EOS sensor cleaning
Can I ask those of you using DSLRs how often you are finding it necessary
to clean the sensor? After only week of (fairly heavy) use, I just had my
first instance of sensor dust. The manual-recommended method with the
rubber bulb blower solved it, but I just wonder how much I need to
overhaul my lens-changing technique, or if this is a fairly common
occurrence no matter how careful one is. Do the 1 series DSLRs have less
of a problem with sensor dust?
TIA
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