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.

We have prepared a couple of documents to assist you in the cleaning process.

There is one describing a simple tool handy for cleaning the sides in the mirror chamber, and another which lists all the steps you would take in the sensor cleaning process - from simple dust to more severe smears and contamination.

You can download each PDF document by clicking on the image.

Detailed instruction for using cleaning products are available through our WebShop