how often should your camera be serivced?

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I have had my 50d for just under a year now with around 2500 clicks on it. I have not noticed anything in the pics, and i only change the lens every now and again and am very carefull when doing so.

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ian
 
Never had a camera serviced and been using DSLR's for 8 years.

If you are a pro who needs their gear to get paid, then maybe yearly, but a normal shooter, only when it needs it.
 
Leave it alone - it's still new...lol

I only get my kit serviced if it exhibits signs of trauma after trips away.
After my last excursion to Afghan it didn't need servicing at all...
 
Modern cameras are not serviceable items.

You mend it if it's broke. Or clean the sensor when it's dirty. Otherwise, leave it alone.
 
I ahve been upgarding my kit quicker than i need them servicing :(

note to canon... stop brining out new cameras.. your killing me! :)
 
looks like i may of found a bit of dust. when looking through the view finder, i can just about see a vvvv small black dot. I have taken a few pics now of a white bit of paper, with a small circle on and take the pic with this dust mark in it, and it does not come out on any of the pictures.

does this mean it is on the view finder side of things? i have tried cleaning (m3 microfibre and dust blower on the outside of the view finder)

anything else i can try?

thanks
ian
 
and when i say viewfinder, i mean the bit you look though and see the foucsing points, just incase it is called something else
 
found out where it was.

as you look into the camera., at the top, there is a small plastic screen, and this just comes out very easy, and the dust spec was on this, or the bit behind with the focous little boxes on.

what are these parts called?
 
Edit: beat me to it!

It will probably be on the underside of the focusing screen, just above the mirror. Anywhere else and it will be so out of focus that you won't see it.

Don't worry about it - dirt gets in there when you change lenses. Fact of life really, and better on there than on the sensor.

If you want to try a rocket blower on it, be very careful not to touch anything as it scratches very easily and then you'll have a mark for ever. Turn the camera upside down and hope that it falls out.
 
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will jesops etc clean it for you, or is it a send away job if you want it 100% clean
 
Ian Jones said:
found out where it was.

as you look into the camera., at the top, there is a small plastic screen, and this just comes out very easy, and the dust spec was on this, or the bit behind with the focous little boxes on.

what are these parts called?
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Once you start stripping your camera down without knowing what you're doing such parts are known as "spares" :naughty:
 
No one appears to keep their cameras long enough to warrant a service. Judging by the classifieds people would rather upgrade, I know I would.
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Ian Jones said:
i wouldnt say it was stripping it dowm as there is a little tab that just lifts up and it folds down. nothing unscrewing etc.
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Thats the focus screen.Be carefull ,easy to get even dirtier than it was before you started.
 
all sorted now, went to jessops and got one of them rocket blowers and it has cleaned it up
 
Ian Jones said:
found out where it was.

as you look into the camera., at the top, there is a small plastic screen, and this just comes out very easy, and the dust spec was on this, or the bit behind with the focous little boxes on.

what are these parts called?
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its the focusing screen or fresnel screen
 
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