Canon d350 sensor cleaning issue / question

[Monkey boy 1]

I have a Canon D350 which is getting on a bit, but still does me fine, but have noticed recently that I'm getting a lot of dust pick up on some of the photos I take, presumably it's on the sensor. I have gone through the sensor cleaning procedure as quoted in the handbook using a can of compressed air, but still get the specs of dust and what looks like a hair on the photos. I have tried different lenses to si if it was a lense issue, but all have the same speck pattern on the photos.

A local camera shop has quoted £52 for a clean which apparently takes about an hour. Is this a good price ? or is there something else I could do.

Thanks for any help in advance

[markmullen]

Firstly don't use compressed air, the propellant can spray onto the sensor leaving you worse off than when you started. If you want to use air get a rocket blower.

Cleaning your own sensor is pretty easy, I use green Visible Dust swabs with Vdust formula. The key is not to put too much solution on the swab, one or two drops is sufficient and avoids smearing. I would recommend a loupe too, they make checking you've cleaned the sensor a lot easier.

[paul911]

I cleaned my very mucky sensor last week with this sensor cleaning kit for about £25. Very easy to do and would recommend it. Clicky

[gingerpaul]

markmullen said:

Firstly don't use compressed air, the propellant can spray onto the sensor leaving you worse off than when you started. If you want to use air get a rocket blower.

Cleaning your own sensor is pretty easy, I use green Visible Dust swabs with Vdust formula. The key is not to put too much solution on the swab, one or two drops is sufficient and avoids smearing. I would recommend a loupe too, they make checking you've cleaned the sensor a lot easier.

I use the same stuff and would also recommend it.

[Monkey boy 1]

Yay, thanks guys. I've just saved myself £50 by reading through then link. Simple once you know how.