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Hello. My name is Nora. I have dirt and/or condensation on the inside of the lens. How do I clean it?

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On the inside of the lens... that requires a professional...
is it near the front of the lens...
...ALL camera lens should have a less expensive "filter" on the front to protect the main lens.....
... make sure your protector filter has not let some "stuff" in...if you have one.. just carefully take it off.. be careful cleaning it!!

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 08, 2009

SOURCE: dirt on the inside of the front lense

Hello, I very much doubt that a small piece of dirt on the lens is a problem. It is more likely that your sensor needs to be cleaned. Sensor dirt is more visible at small (f11 to f32) apertures. I expect that you are shooting bright snow with a small aperture & this is why you are seeing the problem. To check, try the following.
Set camera to Av, ISO 100.
take some photos of the sky, a blank wall, or some other featureless surface, as follows:
1 - Set aperture to highest possible f - number.
2 - set aperture to lowest f-number.
3 - repeat 1 with a different lens
4 - repeat 2 with a different lens.

I expect that you will see photo 1 and photo 3 will have identical smudges of dirt on them. Photos 2 and 4 should have no smudges. If this is the case, your problem is dirt on the camera sensor. The only way to fix it is to clean your sensor.

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Mr Tech Geek

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  • Posted on Apr 11, 2009

SOURCE: pieces of dirt/oil residue on INSIDE of viewing lens.

That is not oil.....its thermal burns. Thermal burns happen when the eyepiece cap is not used. Sunlight burns the surface of the LCD display. This is permanent damage. Cleaning will not fix this. The repair center can fix.

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Joe Lalumia aka TelescopeMan

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  • Posted on Sep 04, 2009

SOURCE: Dust and dirt removal from Helios objective lens

You will need to remove the mirror and clean it according to these instructions. Then you will need to collimate the scope after you put it back together.

See these two web sites:
http://www.astro-tom.com/tips_and_advice/cleaning_optics.htm#article1

http://www.andysshotglass.com/Collimating.html

electroman

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  • Posted on Nov 09, 2009

SOURCE: Hi there.

Do not attempt this. There are alighnments here that may need to be made.Just clean the dust off the lens surface. Use micro fiber towel or lense cleaning cloth.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 17, 2010

SOURCE: Camera has condensation inside. Can I clean lenses and how?

Hello

Ok, i had the exact same problem, and all i did was to put the camera in a sealed container wth about 2 cups of rice. I left it in there for 2 days.

I really hope this can be of help.

Kind regards
Andrea

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• Use a canister of compressed air to remove dust.

• If there is dirt or smears, use lens-cleaning paper or moisten a soft cloth with lens cleaner

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Ok, i had the exact same problem, and all i did was to put the camera in a sealed container wth about 2 cups of rice. I left it in there for 2 days.

I really hope this can be of help.

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Dirt on the inside of the front lense

Hello, I very much doubt that a small piece of dirt on the lens is a problem. It is more likely that your sensor needs to be cleaned. Sensor dirt is more visible at small (f11 to f32) apertures. I expect that you are shooting bright snow with a small aperture & this is why you are seeing the problem. To check, try the following.
Set camera to Av, ISO 100.
take some photos of the sky, a blank wall, or some other featureless surface, as follows:
1 - Set aperture to highest possible f - number.
2 - set aperture to lowest f-number.
3 - repeat 1 with a different lens
4 - repeat 2 with a different lens.

I expect that you will see photo 1 and photo 3 will have identical smudges of dirt on them. Photos 2 and 4 should have no smudges. If this is the case, your problem is dirt on the camera sensor. The only way to fix it is to clean your sensor.
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Fuzzy dot

Hi

Its hard to say without seeing the camera myself, but it's either dust inside the lens or it could be a small amount of condensation that has dried up and left a small amount of dirt behind.

What you will need to do (or have somebody do) is open up the camera, tear apart the lens and see if there is any dirt on the CCD. You can also look inside the lens from the front and see if you see any dirt trapped inside.

If you see dirt trapped inside the lens.... The only solution I know of is to replace the lens. If it's on the CCD (behind the lens) it's easy to clean off. Just make sure you don't leave fingerprints on the CCD when you're cleaning it.

If you need somebody to do it for you, we are a digital camera repair business (Google Darntoothysam) and would be happy to help. I think we have a CCD cleaning listed for about $35 including return shipping of the camera, but please note as I said above if its inside the lens elements and not on the CCD we can't clean it off.

Hopefully this advice helps, and if you need to ask further questions please feel free to contact me.

Good luck from Darntoothysam com

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