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Anonymous Posted on May 20, 2010

It appears I have dirt on the sensor of my Canon G11. A spot shows up on the screen mostly when zoomed. Is there a way to clean this?

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halotheracer

halotheracer

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  • Posted on Jul 08, 2009

SOURCE: Dirt smudge inside lens

You did not mention the model of your camera but I assume its a compact camera.

It happened to me once. I opened the camera, strip the cards and cleaned the lens.

But I warn you, its very annoying operation. You need shakeless hands and super focusing abilities. And also it takes time, need patience. Use mild cleaner not strong one. You may use a hand blower, this method is more simple, dont need to go through lens and strip entire cards etc. Just open the back of the camera and look for a cavity to put nozzle through to lens area and cross your fingers than blow it lightly with hoping the dust gone. :)

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 28, 2009

SOURCE: Reset option and clean sensor option are not

First of all - great camera! Check out http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos20d/ for a lot more information on the functionality. The sensor clean function only raises the mirror and exposes the sensor so that it can be professionally cleaned so that may not solve the problem of the spots. Furthermore, be extremely careful if you have the lens off when doing this as you can make the problem even worse. I would recommend you take it to a good local camera shop and ask them to clean the sensor for you. In the UK it costs around GBP30.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 23, 2009

SOURCE: A Black spot appears on screen at 4X zoom and then

there must be some fault in sensor check with the service station.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 10, 2010

SOURCE: canon ixus 70 all showing a fuzzy dark spot??

clean the lens,get it serviced the lens as well as CCD.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 16, 2011

SOURCE: I'm finding that my Canon 20D has spots which show

Google the words "cleaning a DSLR sensor" and you will find sites that explain the procedure and list places to get the supplies needed. Once you have these, you will be able to clean your sensor any time it's necessary.

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