Preventative care and cleaning starts with the
external camera body and lenses.

• Brush off all external parts of the camera body (a soft paint brush is ideal), remembering all crevices, corners and inside card doors.
• Use an air blower to finish off and a MicroFibre Cloth to polish panels and menu windows.
• Clean up the lenses, taking especial care of the back (the part that fits into the camera) - you don’t want dust to drop into the camera because of a dirty lens.
• Clean in and around the lens mount using a cotton tip applicator (we use the Swisspers brand available from Coles supermarkets or Priceline shops) moistened with a contact cleaner or a spirit such as lighter fluid).
• Finally, before before cleaning the sensor, take care to clean the  Mirror Chamber thoroughly.
  Fluff, fibers, mount shavings, and dust particles accumulate and stick to the anti-reflective material applied to side walls and bottom in the mirror chamber of most cameras. Eventually some of the debris end up on the Image Sensor.

If you haven’t done any cleaning before and would like to learn a little more before deciding what products to buy, why not get yourself a copy of our FREE Introductory Cleaning Guide.

You can request a copy here! Once you have ordered it we will also follow up with a few more email tips on cleaning.