Dirty Sensor - Time to Clean?

[THXGEEK]

I'm on the fence for cleaning my A1II sensor. I rarely shoot at F/22 so I'm inclined to wait...

What do you think?

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 28-70mm F2 GM
• 64.0 mm
• ƒ/22
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[Unframed Dave]

Yes, I would.

 

[AlphaWorld]

Try a blower by itself - it may shift the speck.

 

[Chris 3754]

I agree with Tony and would try a blower with the camera held pointing down. I haven't tried cleaning my a1ii sensor yet, but I did clean my a7iii and a7iv with a quality sensor-cleaning kit after my local camera shop showed me how. I never had a problem; the key is not to overclean or press too hard. The problem with a speck is that you don't know what the speck is, and if it's something that could harm/scratch the sensor itself.

 

[iamdlewis]

The problem with a speck is that you don't know what the speck is, and if it's something that could harm/scratch the sensor itself.

The image is a flip of what the sensor is so you should be able to find each speck

 

[THXGEEK]

Thanks, gents.

Yes, I've cleaned the sensor on my Z8 several times so I did try the blower first. No luck.

So I proceeded with a very gentle swab cleaning. To my surprise the A1II sensor seems to be mounted on a floating platform - it is not firmly stationed like my Z8. Hmmm, that's interesting....

The end result is that I've only moved the debris around and have apparently made it worse :

• ILCE-1M2
• 67.0 mm
• ƒ/22
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 500

...If there is one advantage of middle age, it is that you acquire the wisdom to know when to stop before you really ckuf it up. So I'll look at it tomorrow when I'm a little less pissed off.

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Dammit.