liquid_rockface
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Hi guys
I bought a Canon 450D last week and I've been really enjoying it. Super camera! Anyhow so I was outside photographing airplanes when I changed lenses to go back to my normal 18-55mm instead of my telephoto.
It seems that two specks of dust got in to the camera when I changed the lenses, and they are only showing up in the viewfinder. The photographs look fine.
So from what I understand, it's probably on the focusing screen, or (less likely) on the mirror.
I bought a fancy blower (www.visibledust.com) and I tried blowing the dust out today, but it didn't seem to help. In fact, one dust particle apparently went out, but another settled in another place!
So my question is, what should I do, if anything. Truth is that it's quite small particles and I don't see them if I don't look for them, but I'm a perfectionist and it is bugging me a bit. Am I maybe not using the blower properly? I held the camera upside down above my head and blew the blower into the mirror box being careful not to get too close. I cannot see the dust inside so I guess it's quite small particles. Maybe I needed to work in better light? I was working in the bathroom because I understand that there's far less dust there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I thought about buying some cleaning products, but they are incredibly expensive here ($30-$50) and that is for makes that I haven't heard of on the internet. I'm in Tel Aviv and for some reason there are not many mainstream cleaning products here.
I bought a Canon 450D last week and I've been really enjoying it. Super camera! Anyhow so I was outside photographing airplanes when I changed lenses to go back to my normal 18-55mm instead of my telephoto.
It seems that two specks of dust got in to the camera when I changed the lenses, and they are only showing up in the viewfinder. The photographs look fine.
So from what I understand, it's probably on the focusing screen, or (less likely) on the mirror.
I bought a fancy blower (www.visibledust.com) and I tried blowing the dust out today, but it didn't seem to help. In fact, one dust particle apparently went out, but another settled in another place!
So my question is, what should I do, if anything. Truth is that it's quite small particles and I don't see them if I don't look for them, but I'm a perfectionist and it is bugging me a bit. Am I maybe not using the blower properly? I held the camera upside down above my head and blew the blower into the mirror box being careful not to get too close. I cannot see the dust inside so I guess it's quite small particles. Maybe I needed to work in better light? I was working in the bathroom because I understand that there's far less dust there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I thought about buying some cleaning products, but they are incredibly expensive here ($30-$50) and that is for makes that I haven't heard of on the internet. I'm in Tel Aviv and for some reason there are not many mainstream cleaning products here.