Cleaning a DSLR

f1sh3r

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im at the beach and ive been doing some shooting. ive got some sort of grit or sand somewhere in my body, and i was wondering the best way to locate and clean this stuff out. canned air? my sister said it could be salt from the air getting in there. ive never taken my slr to the beach, so this is the first time ive come across this problem.

its a nikon d50.

ill post some of pics up later
 

ProfJohn

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No to canned air. There is liguid in the can do to the compressed air and that would be bad to get into camera.
Get on of those blow bulbs for about $5 at the camera store.
You could also go to a drug store and look at the ones they have in the baby section, I am sure you can get enough air out of one of those as well.
 

f1sh3r

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bad pic, but heres the view from the house.

my wife taking a pic of me on the beach

wife collecting shells in the morning

grandparents hanging out

one of my nieces

crab at night

my cousin eating some crab late night

angry crab fighting back

the ol' family pic. my wife works at a screen printing company, so matching shirts are always required to be made

thats it. ive taken almost 500 pics in the first 2 days, so im going to be doing a lot of sorting. any techniques for beach pics? good ideas? i want some stuff to put on the wall at home.

also, does anyone live between n.carolina and ohio? looking for a place to stay saturday night on the eay back. ill buy you dinner. creepy people need not apply
 

GTaudiophile

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Rule #1: NEVER SHOOT AT THE BEACH IF IT'S WINDY!!!

Beach + sand + ocean water = DEATH to electronics.

I can recommend techniques on lens and sensor cleaning, but if the sand is internal...good luck!
 

AmigaMan

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Nice pics. We were just at Topsail Beach in NC last week. Same thing basically, rented a house on the beach with about 25 relatives and the obligatory crab teasing and photo taking.
 

Alyx

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Sand in the body? Probably best bet if one of the dusters don't work is send to manufacturer, is it on the sensor or just in the body? Most solutions that are used to clean the sensors can't be shipped by air, so they are rough to clean, not to mention very fragile.

It is okay to shoot at the beach in the wind, just be careful. When you are at the beach never change lenses and make sure you have a UV filter on the lens. For me when I'm at the beach I only use my 50 f/1.8, The lens is less that $100 so if it breaks it doesn't kill the wallet. Right after you get home pull the battery out of the camera and gently wipe the body down with a damp rag (not a lot of water), do the same with the lens. Then soak your filter in a bowl of water, that'll remove the Salt residue, then use some isopropyl alcohol to clean the lens filter so you don't get water streaks.

If it is really windy I usually cover the camera. Take the stretchy-est sandwich bag you can find that is roughly the size of camera and lens, cut the corner off it then stretch it over the whole lens and have it cover camera body. It should be pretty hard to stretch over the lens, very tight. That'll keep the flying sand out, and you can clean your sandy paw marks later. Only rough part is that on windy days the salt gunks up any lens cleaning rags so within an hour there is no way to get the salt smear off the glass and any sand on the rag can scratch glass. Make your windy beach trips short and do a good cleaning when you get home rather than at the beach.
 

NoodleTech

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lol one time i took my 20D to the beach and this little 6 year old girl meant to throw this huge ball of sand at this other girl but she ended up hitting my 20D :|
 

WombRaider

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Originally posted by: NoodleTech
lol one time i took my 20D to the beach and this little 6 year old girl meant to throw this huge ball of sand at this other girl but she ended up hitting my 20D :|

LOL, what happened after that?
 
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