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I was out over the Moors at Bowland a couple of months ago shooting some landcapes, it was a shocker of day - quite stormy but the light and clouds were pretty spectacular. I took the XT-3 which I love using to shoot landscapes but I changed lenses few times during the day and noticed a few small marks on the images when I was procesing them at home later. I never used it again until a trip to Skye a couple of weeks later and after about 4 days shooting there - again in atrocious weather - I was mooching through the shots I'd got and noticed there were a few more marks on the images. The kitchen had a white wall so I took some shots of that and the results were a bit of a shocker! It wasn't just one or two marks, there were also several largish splodges as well.
When we got home I contacted a few sensor cleaning services within striking distance of here by e.mail, of which only one replied (I'm as deaf as a post so never use phones). They wanted £65 to do the Fuji which I though was bit steep so I started researching doing the job myself - I mean, how hard can it be? After reading a few "How to" articles on t'interweb I decided it was doable and ended up on Amazon to buy a kit, but chose one with over a thousand reviews of which 4 & 5 stars made up a 92% satsifaction rating, which I thought wasn't too bad.
The kit arrived this morning so after lunch I settled into my mancave to set to work, but beforehand the place was hoovered out from top to bottom (actually it was "Henried" but that's just being pedantic) and the Guinnesshound, who's usually lay at the side of me, was banished to another room. I left Henry running with his nozzle on my desk to suck up any bits of dust that were floating about after a good blow out with the Rocket blower was done and then got to work with the swabs. It took 3 goes to shift all the crud from the sensor but it must be said the cleaning kit did great job and it left no residue at all. Taking a shot of one of my PC monitors with a white screen set up afterwards followed by one of outside from the back of the house, the Fuji sensor is now looking 100% clear so I'm well chuffed with that and I'm not scared of doing it again now if the need arises. I've never had to clean the sensor on any of my Canons but they have a mirror in front of the sensor which obviously offers some protection..
When we got home I contacted a few sensor cleaning services within striking distance of here by e.mail, of which only one replied (I'm as deaf as a post so never use phones). They wanted £65 to do the Fuji which I though was bit steep so I started researching doing the job myself - I mean, how hard can it be? After reading a few "How to" articles on t'interweb I decided it was doable and ended up on Amazon to buy a kit, but chose one with over a thousand reviews of which 4 & 5 stars made up a 92% satsifaction rating, which I thought wasn't too bad.
The kit arrived this morning so after lunch I settled into my mancave to set to work, but beforehand the place was hoovered out from top to bottom (actually it was "Henried" but that's just being pedantic) and the Guinnesshound, who's usually lay at the side of me, was banished to another room. I left Henry running with his nozzle on my desk to suck up any bits of dust that were floating about after a good blow out with the Rocket blower was done and then got to work with the swabs. It took 3 goes to shift all the crud from the sensor but it must be said the cleaning kit did great job and it left no residue at all. Taking a shot of one of my PC monitors with a white screen set up afterwards followed by one of outside from the back of the house, the Fuji sensor is now looking 100% clear so I'm well chuffed with that and I'm not scared of doing it again now if the need arises. I've never had to clean the sensor on any of my Canons but they have a mirror in front of the sensor which obviously offers some protection..
