For mirrorless cameras with IBIS, the camera should be turned on before using anything on the sensor to assure the sensor is locked. Otherwise the IBIS mechanisms can be damaged. I can't imagine using a lens pen on the sensor, but your mileage may vary. If the lens pen has anything in it, it can scratch the sensor. Use a dedicated lens brush, sold as such by sensor cleaning kit vendors and charge it with static by blowing it with a blower, or use a wet cleaning solution and specialty swabs for the size of the sensor. Lens pens are for lenses. Honestly, I'd consider redoing this video to make sure these points are emphasized.
I did cleaned my sensor today but forgot to put my camera sensor in cleaning option 😁 and i did cleaned all my cameras today and did the same mistake but i used them after that thank god they are working fine! Peace ☮️ from Pakistan! ❤️
Tapping the sensor with lens pen may, or may not, remove particles. The particle would have to be statically charged in opposite polarity to the tip of the lens pens. Use a new lens pen only. A gel stick designed for sensor cleaning is worth it, but you may have to follow with "wet" cleaning of the sensor. You may have to go several rounds to remove enough debris, with each iteration being a potential opportunity to damage the sensor.
Great video! Really helpful. Have you seen the magic wand, it has very light brush that spins. I used it the other day and it hands down is the easiest way to clean the sensor.
@@MomentumProductions1992 Through your link I ordered the featured lens cleaning devices. Did you review the magic wand? Thoughts? Have you used any of the liquid cleaning systems? Thanks for the great video!
At 2:44, that is the dustiest sensor I have ever seen. I have heard that the Sony mirrorless cameras are especially prone to sucking in dust. Is that your experience?
STAY AWAY FROM THE PENS. Of course you know that by now unfortunately. I swirled the ever- loving hell outta my 30mm 1.4 with one of those. I can't believe they're recommended so regularly.
One thing I wouldn't do is use a lens pen to clean a sensor. There are proper cleaning paddles with solution that clean the sensor. Pressing a lens pen against the sensor is not going to clean it.
awesome video. thank you. when using the self cleaning shutter built in, should the cap @ the end be off or on. i noticed in your video, i think after the demonstration, you turned the camera around & the cap was still on unless i missed something as i was listening to you. the reason i asked this is because if the cap is on, i would think the dust would not shake off but shake into small spaces into the camera. if i do use the shutter sensor cleaning, maybe point the camera down without the cap on & do it that way & i also was thinking, turn off the lights because i notice dust is not as bad as there is no light to gather as much dust. i know that sounds odd. as for the pen you showed, when cleaning the sensor, what about a fingerprint or fingerprints. how do you use the pen to get rid of it? suggestions please as you sound knowledgeable
Please help i did this like you said at 6:58 and now it has something like fingerprints i used jjc cl-p7 carbon tip pen to clean my camera sensor and now it has something like fingertips how can i clean this and is this bad.
I had to ditch my Sony gear because of Constant dust. It would "dust up" even during a shoot. I have seen on the web that apparently I am not the only one to complain. Come on, Sony, fix the dusting issue.!
Hi u mentioned on 0:45 to send in camera for a professional clean…I live in Los Angeles CA where can I find a place you might recommend to clean it professionally?? I have a Sony A6500….and yup I see those dark small specks ur talking about and it’s very frustrating
I'll never use one of pen type cleaners ever again. Don't know how it happened, but somehow a tiny grain of silica, or something, lodged in the pad and a swirlied my 30mm 1.4 all to shit.
7:06 There's a glass UV & IR blocking filter on top of the sensor and you're not touching the sensor itself when cleaning it. I've used cotton buds and water to clean it. It's no different than cleaning your lenses.
I blew with that kind of blower on to my sensor and there were tons of tiny dust particles all over the sensor after that! I will never use the blower without a filter. Even with the filtered blower there is a chance to just transfer surrounding dust particles to it.
Some people travel a lot and it's a way to conceal the type of camera it is making it look more "generic" so it's less likely to get stolen, at least that's one of the reasons I've heard, I've also seen street photographers do that to be more "stealthy".
Uh no. I’ve seen people who scratched sensors by accidentally poking it with the plastic tip of the blower because they were careless, but I’ve never seen air itself from a squeeze blower damage a sensor. I’ve done it thousands of times at this point.
6:58 Noooooo it's absolutely wrong you need to clean your sensor just with special sensors cleaning kit because sensors are more sensitive than what you think then be more careful body 📍📈
Did you know cheap lense pens leave black residue on your hands ? Try it out yourself. Rather not clean my lenses nor sensors with them. Use sensor swabs and sensor cleaning solutions for sensors it's what the camera companies use. For lenses cotton bud with rubbing alcohol mixed with water for 1st clean. Rub the tip in circular motions the centre then work outwards. Then do the same with mineral water.
I don't think you understand what lenspens are for and how they work. Lenspens have two sides, a regular soft bristle brush side and the lens cleaner side. The regular brush side is just a soft brush for clearing large residue off of the lens, the other side has a cap on it because the cap contains carbon dust which is what is used to actually remove things from the surface of the lens. That black "residue" is the carbon coming off and it means you may not be brushing your lens correctly or that you need to use the regular brush after.
@@elcapitan008 but its called a lens pen not a sensor pen. I have a feeling you don’t want carbon particles anywhere inside the cavity of a camera body. I can’t believe he didn’t mention sensor swabs, the industry standard way of doing this
@@zacharypump5910 Literally nothing I said in the previous comment contradicts that. John made it seem like lower cost lens pens are flaking off some unknown substance that is a sign of them being low quality. The point is that if you know what a lens-pen actually is then you would know what that substance is and why its there. If you followed what John said you may buy an expensive lens pen and then use it on a sensor and leave carbon dust in the sensor because you think that the "residue" isn't there for more expensive ones.
@@elcapitan008 understood. I’m just going to augment your comment and simply say (for anyone else who might read this comment stream): Don’t use a lens pen of any kind on a sensor, the video is straight up bad advice in that regard.
Do you hate dust as much as I do???
Only happens with I am at or above f12
For mirrorless cameras with IBIS, the camera should be turned on before using anything on the sensor to assure the sensor is locked. Otherwise the IBIS mechanisms can be damaged. I can't imagine using a lens pen on the sensor, but your mileage may vary. If the lens pen has anything in it, it can scratch the sensor. Use a dedicated lens brush, sold as such by sensor cleaning kit vendors and charge it with static by blowing it with a blower, or use a wet cleaning solution and specialty swabs for the size of the sensor. Lens pens are for lenses. Honestly, I'd consider redoing this video to make sure these points are emphasized.
Yeah this guy has no idea how to clean a sensor
I will never use a lens pen on my sensor
At least the video proves that sensors are a lot tougher than people imagine them being. They’re not going to shatter if you look at them wrong.
@@Deetroiter True, but the ibis mechanism is delicate and should be locked before using anything on most of today's cameras.
I did cleaned my sensor today but forgot to put my camera sensor in cleaning option 😁 and i did cleaned all my cameras today and did the same mistake but i used them after that thank god they are working fine!
Peace ☮️ from Pakistan! ❤️
The tip about the high f/stop and high ISO to detect dust was helpful!
yeah, now i can get annoyed with every tiny bit of dust without it actually affecting my image quality!
Wonderful instructions - thank you! I successfully removed the spot on my sensor with you help.
Yo that camera focused perfectly on your hand when you said fast and easily fricken dope
I have used a q-tip many times to pick dust of my sensor, no issues just dont press hard.
It happens to me all the time. Thank u bro I love ur channel 👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you so much for your support :) Happy cleaning! LOL
Tapping the sensor with lens pen may, or may not, remove particles. The particle would have to be statically charged in opposite polarity to the tip of the lens pens. Use a new lens pen only. A gel stick designed for sensor cleaning is worth it, but you may have to follow with "wet" cleaning of the sensor. You may have to go several rounds to remove enough debris, with each iteration being a potential opportunity to damage the sensor.
Thank to you ☺️ Now I know how to clean my new Camera 🥰
The video I was needing, thanks!
Really helpful video. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks, Josh. I just picked up the lens cloth you linked below.
Glad to hear it man! You will LOVE it! :) And thank you for your support as always!
Thanks Bro for this technique It is really helpful for my sony Alpha 3
Very helpful tips. Thanx Josh
Thanks so much man! I really appreciate your constant support :)
Thank you. sensor cleaned :D SONY ALPHA
Great video! Really helpful. Have you seen the magic wand, it has very light brush that spins. I used it the other day and it hands down is the easiest way to clean the sensor.
I haven't! Will definitely check it out! Thank you for watching :)
@@MomentumProductions1992 Through your link I ordered the featured lens cleaning devices. Did you review the magic wand? Thoughts? Have you used any of the liquid cleaning systems?
Thanks for the great video!
It doesn't attract dust and does a good job getting rid of the same. Do you think you can explain a bit more on that?
great video, super helpful. thanks bro!
Thank you brother!
your video was very good and helped me clean my camera. Thank you!
At 2:44, that is the dustiest sensor I have ever seen. I have heard that the Sony mirrorless cameras are especially prone to sucking in dust. Is that your experience?
I think it depends on how much you're changing your lens and where you do. I've been using sony mirrorless for years and ive got my sensor clean
Broooo ... used the lens pen you listed on my sensor and it left circle outlines on my sensor :(
STAY AWAY FROM THE PENS. Of course you know that by now unfortunately. I swirled the ever- loving hell outta my 30mm 1.4 with one of those. I can't believe they're recommended so regularly.
thanks for tips bro'
One thing I wouldn't do is use a lens pen to clean a sensor. There are proper cleaning paddles with solution that clean the sensor. Pressing a lens pen against the sensor is not going to clean it.
learned the hard way - did it and it left circle outlines...
Keyboard blower? Its the same i see for lenses, does it mean this any manual blower except the compressed air can
Lifesaver video, so helpful. Thanks so much, Josh!
P.S., Used your links. Also noticed this on Amazon: PEC-PAD Lint Free Wipes 4"x4" 100per/Pkg
Excellent advice thank you
Thank you for sharing this man!
awesome video. thank you. when using the self cleaning shutter built in, should the cap @ the end be off or on. i noticed in your video, i think after the demonstration, you turned the camera around & the cap was still on unless i missed something as i was listening to you. the reason i asked this is because if the cap is on, i would think the dust would not shake off but shake into small spaces into the camera. if i do use the shutter sensor cleaning, maybe point the camera down without the cap on & do it that way & i also was thinking, turn off the lights because i notice dust is not as bad as there is no light to gather as much dust. i know that sounds odd. as for the pen you showed, when cleaning the sensor, what about a fingerprint or fingerprints. how do you use the pen to get rid of it? suggestions please as you sound knowledgeable
Great tutorial thank you friend. 😁
Thank you so much for your kind words :)
hello just want to ask i activated the sensor cleaning mode on my sony with the lens on would that cause any damage?tnx
Sir please make a video on "how to protect lenses from lens fungus" i have 3 tamron lens & i m suffering from lens fungus very badly help please 😦
Whenever I’m not using a lens I put them in zip-lock air tight bags.
The link for the lint free cloth doesn’t work anymore, can you tell the brand name?
I should have watched this video BEFORE (attempting to) clean my camera's sensor. 🤣
Awesome Work ✌️
Hello any1 kno wat the equipment is thats wrapped around the camera with all the threaded holes please ?
Please help i did this like you said at 6:58 and now it has something like fingerprints i used jjc cl-p7 carbon tip pen to clean my camera sensor and now it has something like fingertips how can i clean this and is this bad.
I had to ditch my Sony gear because of Constant dust. It would "dust up" even during a shoot. I have seen on the web that apparently I am not the only one to complain. Come on, Sony, fix the dusting issue.!
Thanks
I'm glad this video can help :)
Can I ask?
Is skillshare free? No payment? And does it have piano tutorial? Or something?
Skillshare is not free bro , they are professionals teaching their skills developed over time
Helpful! THX
Thanks so much for your support! I’m glad this helped!
Hi u mentioned on 0:45 to send in camera for a professional clean…I live in Los Angeles CA where can I find a place you might recommend to clean it professionally?? I have a Sony A6500….and yup I see those dark small specks ur talking about and it’s very frustrating
Look for camera stores such as Sammy’s camera for example they often have cleaning services
theres about 1000000X wrong with this video
Yes!!! He finally commented on my video!!!!
Isn’t that a lens cleaning brush that he used on his sensor
Why?
@@ricci3950 it's for lense cleaning only. The tip of a lens pen has some sort of additive.
I'll never use one of pen type cleaners ever again. Don't know how it happened, but somehow a tiny grain of silica, or something, lodged in the pad and a swirlied my 30mm 1.4 all to shit.
why would you make a baseless claim that qtips would hurt the sensor
7:06
There's a glass UV & IR blocking filter on top of the sensor and you're not touching the sensor itself when cleaning it. I've used cotton buds and water to clean it. It's no different than cleaning your lenses.
How do you remove dust from lens pen?
Where is info about the cloth and pen you use?
Doesn't that type of blower just suck in dust and then blow out dust? Do you need a filter on the blower?
No
I blew with that kind of blower on to my sensor and there were tons of tiny dust particles all over the sensor after that! I will never use the blower without a filter. Even with the filtered blower there is a chance to just transfer surrounding dust particles to it.
what to do if i already fucked up and tried to clean the sensor from 2 miniscule sand particles with a glasses napkin ? have i fucked it for good?
I wish you would get on with it.
Why does everyone put black tape over their camera's icon? like the A7 logo
Some people travel a lot and it's a way to conceal the type of camera it is making it look more "generic" so it's less likely to get stolen, at least that's one of the reasons I've heard, I've also seen street photographers do that to be more "stealthy".
Does this work the same if the sensor of your mirrorless camera has a glass before the actual sensor? My camera has one before the sensor.
yikes i used a compressed air can on my sensor
Clean the sensor only in cleaningmode!
I know people who have scratched their sensors due to blowing air onto it...
Uh no. I’ve seen people who scratched sensors by accidentally poking it with the plastic tip of the blower because they were careless, but I’ve never seen air itself from a squeeze blower damage a sensor. I’ve done it thousands of times at this point.
We need to cancel the Dust...
👌👌👍
6:58 Noooooo it's absolutely wrong you need to clean your sensor just with special sensors cleaning kit because sensors are more sensitive than what you think then be more careful body 📍📈
Missed an important af step. TURN the cam on BEFORE you clean the sensor. Trust me on this..:)
Did you know cheap lense pens leave black residue on your hands ? Try it out yourself. Rather not clean my lenses nor sensors with them. Use sensor swabs and sensor cleaning solutions for sensors it's what the camera companies use. For lenses cotton bud with rubbing alcohol mixed with water for 1st clean. Rub the tip in circular motions the centre then work outwards. Then do the same with mineral water.
I don't think you understand what lenspens are for and how they work. Lenspens have two sides, a regular soft bristle brush side and the lens cleaner side. The regular brush side is just a soft brush for clearing large residue off of the lens, the other side has a cap on it because the cap contains carbon dust which is what is used to actually remove things from the surface of the lens. That black "residue" is the carbon coming off and it means you may not be brushing your lens correctly or that you need to use the regular brush after.
@@elcapitan008 but its called a lens pen not a sensor pen. I have a feeling you don’t want carbon particles anywhere inside the cavity of a camera body. I can’t believe he didn’t mention sensor swabs, the industry standard way of doing this
@@zacharypump5910 Literally nothing I said in the previous comment contradicts that. John made it seem like lower cost lens pens are flaking off some unknown substance that is a sign of them being low quality. The point is that if you know what a lens-pen actually is then you would know what that substance is and why its there. If you followed what John said you may buy an expensive lens pen and then use it on a sensor and leave carbon dust in the sensor because you think that the "residue" isn't there for more expensive ones.
@@elcapitan008 understood. I’m just going to augment your comment and simply say (for anyone else who might read this comment stream): Don’t use a lens pen of any kind on a sensor, the video is straight up bad advice in that regard.
@@zacharypump5910 I would agree with that. I don't even use carbon dust lens-pens on lenses with sensitive coatings, let alone on a raw sensor.
FFS i just wasted a day taking photos as all of them are ruined with shit on the sensor.
Raw air, lmao
too scary man send to a pro dont care
lenses kinda easy but fuck no not touching sensor, dont wanna replace that baby
You basically did everything wrong.
Hot hair.