My lens has some hair in it...

[Keenbfb]

1. 450D turn on the camera and press menu.
2. 5th icon along the top (middle one of the 3 spanners) go down to sensor cleaning and press the set button.
3. You get three options appear on the screen choose clean manually and press the set button again.
4. New screen appears saying "mirror will go up. Clean the sensor choose OK and press the set button.
5. When finished cleaning turn the camera off mirror will go back down.

 

[daftbugga]

for those asking how to clean a sensor i found this place useful..
http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/index.html


also our very own robertP has done a good tutorial on sensor cleaning on this very forum , well worth a look at IMO..

 

[Paddysnapper]

I had too check the date on this.... Thought it might have been posted on April 1st

 

[xSitara™]

I've lost my red focus points

 

[xSitara™]

1. 450D turn on the camera and press menu.
2. 5th icon along the top (middle one of the 3 spanners) go down to sensor cleaning and press the set button.
3. You get three options appear on the screen choose clean manually and press the set button again.
4. New screen appears saying "mirror will go up. Clean the sensor choose OK and press the set button.
5. When finished cleaning turn the camera off mirror will go back down.

Thankyou thankyou thankyou sooo much this really helped me I have no hair on my thingy bob now. Great thanks alot... now I need to figure how to get my red focal points back :|

 

[walls]

they can sometimes fall out if you use the rocket blower too hard...give the camera a shake and see if you can hear anything rattling around

or turn your lens to AF

 

[xSitara™]

I feel so ashamed about the thread title now haha!

 

[Cobra]

I have no hair on my thingy bob now. Great thanks alot...

Best quote of the whole thread

 

[xSitara™]

Best quote of the whole thread

 

[Keenbfb]

Thankyou thankyou thankyou sooo much this really helped me I have no hair on my thingy bob now. Great thanks alot... now I need to figure how to get my red focal points back :|

Your very welcome.

Have you tried drawing them back on with a red felt tip??:bonk::bonk:

^Joking by the way

 

[xSitara™]

Lol someone's trying to help me figure how to fix them, i'm a bit slow so it's taking a while. Thanks again keen