Camera care and cleaning tips from Cameta Camera. Learn how to safely clean your lens, camera body, and lens sensor so you can keep your camera and top condition, and continue to take photos you love.

1. Camera Care & Cleaning
Caring for Your Camera

2. Everyday Camera Care
If you keep your camera safely stored in a camera case,
your camera will rarely get very dirty. But every now and
then, you’re likely to get dust on your lens – or, worse,
your sensor. In this presentation, we’ll show you what you
need to properly clean your camera.
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3. Cleaning Your Lens
Your camera’s lens will likely have to
be regularly cleaned. Luckily, the best
way to clean your lens is with a soft
microfiber cloth.
To remove larger particles, give your lens a quick blast of
air with a rocket blower, and use a lens pen to clean the
lens’ harder-to-reach areas.
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4. Cleaning the Camera Body
To clean the camera body, use a dry cloth or dedicated
micro fiber cloth (not the same one you use to clean your
lens). If the camera is extremely dirty, you may use a cloth
dampened slightly with water, but be extremely careful
when doing this. It’s important not to get the lens or any of
the controls wet.
For an LCD screen, a dry microfiber cloth will work
perfectly.
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5. Checking Your Sensor for Dust
If you experience specs or smudges in your photos, it’s a
good indication that you have dust on your sensor filter. To
check, put your camera in manual mode, stop your
aperture down to f16 and set your camera to the lowest
ISO (100-200, depending on your camera).
Next, take a photo of a brightly lit piece of plain white paper
or a bright, cloudless sky. Magnify the image using your
LCD controls and scroll through the image, looking for dust.
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6. Cleaning Your Sensor
Before you clean your sensor, make sure your camera’s
batteries are fully charged. Then:
1. Blow around the lens and casing with a rocket blower,
making sure you don’t knock more dust onto your
sensor when taking the lens off.
2. Take the lens off.
3. Blow into the housing, clearing the dust away with the
rocket blower.
4. Put your camera back together and repeat the dust
test.
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7. Swabbing Dust from Your Sensor
If you still have dust after the second test, use an sensor
swap appropriate for the size of your camera. We swear by
the VisibleDust EZ Sensor Cleaning Kit.
You can also use a sensor cleaning pen.
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8. Precautions
As with any other expensive equipment, it’s important to be
extremely careful when cleaning your camera and lenses.
Follow manufacturer instructions for cleaning.
Follow instructions on any camera cleaning kit or tool.
Take extreme care when cleaning your camera lens and
sensor.
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9. About Cameta
Cameta Camera is a true
brick-and-mortar camera store
in Amityville, NY. We’ve been
selling photography equipment
and distilling advice to professionals
and hobbyists alike for more than 25 years.
For more photography tips, visit our blog at
Cameta.com/blog.
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