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I would like to share my experience of cleaning the sensor of the 5D camera which has a full-frame sensor. I have found that you whatever you do you are going to get dust eventually. Even if you do not change lenses regularly that some dust will appear on the sensor even after a shoot with no lens changes.

I have bought various cleaning items. I have tried various items including sensor swabs, lenspens, brushes and blowers, lens cleaning tissues and cotton buds. You are never going to escape dust so you may as well learn how to deal with it.

How to minimize dust:-

1. Switch off camera before changing lenses. This reduces charge on sensor which helps reduce dust attraction.
2. Hold camera downwards when changing lenses to stop heavier dust floating into the chamber.
3. Hold the lenses downwards after removing from camera for the same reason.
4. Put a dust cap on lens as soon as not in use.
5. Keep camera bag clean if you keep lenses in your camera bag.
6. If you keep lens caps in your pocket then do not attach them to body caps without dusting them first as this will eventually transfer lint and dust in your pocket to the sensor.
7. If you keep lenses in your pocket during a shoot then clean your pockets first.
8. Generally keep your gear clean. I wipe my gear clean with a damp cloth after each trip.

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I took this by a small lake in Colorado. The sun was going down and there was a very nice reflection on the lake. I looked at both the color image and then converted to BW and like this one more.

See the latest gallery of Best Photos of the Month - September #1, 2008.