Background and Identification Although digital photography is much more common these days, film cameras are still in use around the world. From antique plate-cameras, to simple point-and-shoots, to the costly DSLRs, cameras come in thousands of different shapes and sizes. Identifying exactly which camera you own can sometimes be a challenge. Usually it says right on the front which manufacturer/model it is, but you may have to look on the bottom or on the back of the camera to determine the specific model. Autodata Frame Dimensions Manual Lawn.

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Download Ds Browser R4i. Cleaning Lenses, Sensors, Mirrors Digital camera cleaning and maintenance is something many photographers (including myself) neglect to do with sometimes costly consequences. It is too easy to come home after a days shooting, whip out the memory card, have a play with your new images and forget all about maintenance of your kit.

If you are like me, anything new that I buy over time (car, motorbike, watch, glasses etc), get cleaned immaculately at least once a day. Then after a few weeks it falls to once a week or so and then just “on the odd occasion” or when they look really dirty. Because photography is my livelihood, I have to physically make myself grab my camera bag, go and sit somewhere quiet and take a good half an hour to an hour after a shoot to clean every piece of equipment that I have used. This kit has cost thousands and its cleanliness has a direct bearing on the quality of my images and the longevity of its use. Not only that but as I upgrade my equipment, I may want to sell on my old cameras at the best price.

These are the checks that I make; Digital Camera Cleaning and Maintenance – Lenses Obviously take great care when cleaning the glass, it is what makes the lenses so expensive and costly to repair or replace. Use only fine tissue paper and alcohol solutions that are designed for camera optics. Clean both the front and rear elements using a blower brush first to remove any dust particles. Program Stock Barang Phproxy. The last thing you want to do is scrape even the smallest piece of dust across your lens. I also use the bristles of a blower brush to clean in between the moving parts of the external barrel.

This prevents a build up of dirt over time and maintains smooth operation whilst helping to prevent dust from entering the internal optics. Make sure you clean the brush or replace it often too otherwise you simply end up smearing minute particles of grease and dirt onto the lens. Digital Camera Cleaning and Maintenance – Camera Sensor The most talked about and asked about issue with Digital SLR maintenance is the sensor and the accumulation of dust. If you are altogether unsure of how to go about it, wait until any sensor dust is at a point where it is unbearable (most specs are easily and quickly removed in editing), and then take it to be professionally cleaned. Damaging a sensor is expensive If you intend to do it yourself, just be careful. Set the camera to manual with a 30 second exposure. You will need time to clean the sensor but using the bulb setting (“B”) could be a mistake.

If whilst cleaning the sensor, you accidentally close the shutter you are in danger of damaging the mirror, shutter, sensor or all three. Even if you use a remote release set to “B”, the batteries on the remote could give out and close the shutter prematurely. With a fully charged battery in your camera and a 30 second delay, you know where you are. Once the shutter is open, hold the camera up so that the sensor is facing down, and use the blower (without the brush) to blow any dust away from the sensor. The camera is held this way to allow any dust to fall out of the camera and the brush is removed in case it touches the sensor and adds grease smears or dust to it rather than removing it.

If the sensor is really dirty, you are able to buy cleaning kits with swabs where you physically touch the sensor to “swipe” away dirt. Again, you need slight of hand and great care to do this so if unsure, seek professional help. Digital Camera Cleaning and Maintenance – Mirror/focussing screen Unless I can barely see through the viewfinder (exaggeration), I tend to leave the mirror and focussing screen alone apart from a quick blow/swipe with the blower brush. The only time I would give it more attention is if it were to run the risk of transferring dust to the sensor. Dust on the mirror or screen has no effect on the final image so any dust you see on these through the viewfinder, won’t affect the photograph (although excessive dust on the screen “may” affect the accuracy of focussing). Once again, be careful as the mirror in particular is extremely sensitive and easily scratched. Digital Camera Cleaning and Maintenance – Outer casing Even though it is mostly aesthetic, it is still important to try and keep the external workings clean.