Best way to clean camera sensor

[Jack]

Hi. I have an issue with my 7d m2. It appears some kind of dust on my images, but the thing, is that the dust is visible on the photo is only when I use too much dehaze on Lightroom.

Any advice?

I have spoke with @kzurro on an other thread, but I believe this one is better.








Any advice please?

 

[Jack]

Thanks, I will have to try it tomorrow.

 

[Jack]

I have the cleaning kits and following directions, they work really well. Make sure you order the right size kit for your sensor. There are some great youtube videos that show how to do it. Best advice on the swab sticks, don't push hard!
Also, instead of the white card, I did the following:
Nikon D7100 sensor cleaning, before and after.
I was astounded at the test shot of the before cleaning I did on that sensor. I was scared at first, but with youtube video help and my sensor cleaning kit, the difference is amazing.
I set the camera to ISO 100, aperture f/16 (highest for the 50mm lens), pointed at a blue sky and took two test shots. Then did the cleaning and repeated the test shots. In post edit, I set the dehaze slider in lightroom classic to maximum and that brought out every little spot and smudge like magic. This was a seriously dirty sensor, even though I had cleaned it last year once.
I hope this helps! I did one more cleaning afterward because there were still some areas that I wasn't happy with.

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Your sensor looks very clean. I still have this issue on my 7d m2. I tried to clean the sensor with a cotton cloth, but I can’t really push to much the cloth as I don’t want to damage anything. Did you sprayed any solution on when cleaning ?

 

[Rune]

Does it matter with what lens ?

No, but the higher F value you have the easier it it is to see the spots.

 

[Jack]

Jack, I did not spray anything directly on the sensor. The liquid (a small amount) goes on the swab stick that is used to gently wipe one direction, then the opposite direction.

what kind of swab stick are you using ? And what liquid? Still a bit worried to do it myself, but I have to.

 

[Jack]

I just cleaned my sensor. Used a product called green clean which is the only thing I could get here in norway. First batch I bought left a film on the sensor! Bought a new one which worked fine and removed all dust and the film.
This is a nice video explaining it:
Just be careful if your camera has IBIS. I had to leave mine on while doing it to hold the sensor still. This guy has a god with for mine camera the X-T4:

Are these videos made by you Rune ?

 

[Rune]

Are these videos made by you Rune ?

No, I used them for help when I clean my sensor.

 

[Guest 1012]

I bought a cleaning kit for 20-30$ and never looked back. BTW, don't worry guys, the sensor has two pieces of glass in front of it, so you're not touching the sensor directly when cleaning it, just the glass.