Originally posted by PiDicus Rex Russians, what can I say?
The title of the video is "Bad advice for photographers" Advice number 1 - how to clean the sensor.
I will tell you how to clean the sensor. According to many experts the best place to clean the sensor is the washroom, so let's go to the washroom and start cleaning the sensor! The first issue is where to put the soap. I decided to put it straight on the sensor and spread it around to remove not only the dust, but also any grease spots that are on the sensor. With mirror down, you can use the same swab to clean the mirror from any traces of dust and grease. And now I want to warn you about the most common error committed during sensor cleaning - many people just turn on the faucet and poor the water inside the camera. That is not correct. The correct way is to turn on your shower, point the camera bayonet down, and use the shower head to rinse out the soap from the inside. If you wash your camera pointing the bayonet upward, water may get to all the electronic components and your camera might not work afterwards. If, however, you point it down, the soap will be rinsed out and your camera will be fine. The main mistake made by people who clean the sensor for the first time is that they rinse the camera under the faucet, or that they just dump it in a bucket of water, like their grandmother would have done in the olden days. Although I do believe that it won't hurt to rinse the camera in a bucket of warm water. I can tell you that the water became dirty, which means the camera was dirty.
Now the most important part - how to dry the camera. Drying is very simple - you just put your camera bayonet down on the vent. I will leave it there till tomorrow. The camera is dry, now let's put in some batteries and here comes the moment of truth - will it work? Wow! The green light is telling us that the camera is working. Well, everything went well and now clean, crisp, bright, and sharp images await us, without any trace of dust!