Subject: [Tweeters] camera cleaning
Date: Jul 23 14:35:35 2009
From: Lee Rentz - lee at leerentz.com


For my Canon 5D, I used a kit of blowers, brushes, spinners, fluids,
and wet brushes from Arctic Butterfly. All this stuff cost about
$300 from B&H Photo in NYC. It did an OK job of cleaning the sensor,
but was always a hassle and didn't get rid of the dust for long, so I
always ended up doing dust-spotting on skies and lakes and other dust-
showing surfaces using Adobe Bridge.

I recently got a Canon 5D Mark II, with its integral sensor cleaning
vibrator, and that should remove the need for frequent cleaning.
Dust on sensors is one of the many time-wasting and costly aspects of
SLR digital photography. The cost of digital photography, at least
for professional photographers, is also very high because of the need
to constantly upgrade computers, cameras, and digital storage. After
recently returning from my Alaska trip, I found that I couldn't
download the 2,000 images because my version of Adobe Bridge didn't
support that camera. Then I had to buy the latest Photoshop to
support the camera, which I have not been able to load successfully
on my Mac because of a technical glitch. After 1.5 hours on hold on
the phone with Adobe, I gave up. So my Alaska pictures are still on
memory cards. I also just realized that I need additional storage,
so I just ordered two 2TB drives. I am considering ordering Adobe
Lightroom so that I can have a smoother workflow, but it will be
another $300 and perhaps more time on hold with Adobe.

Film was much easier, but I prefer the flexibility and accuracy that
digital post-processing allows. But it sure seems like I spend less
time with the birds!

Lee Rentz
lee at leerentz.com
http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/leerentz

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