I just throw mine in the washing machine with some detergent

mirror is safe to clean with almost everything, it has nothing to do with the image directly, just don't scratch it, you can apply everything on it and it's fine. Sensor is what should be careful for.

What BS,... Just buy a cleaning kit and follow the instructions, it's not rocket science and anyone should be able to clean their DSLR camera sensor because they are coated pretty well these days, clean it gently and repeat if necessary, don't be afraid of your camera, professionals use the same method to clean sensors except they will charge you BIG $$$$$, that's the only difference !

you touched the q-tip then used the same qtip to clean your sensor? are you trying to get oils on your sensor?

So if the air blow tool doesn't properly clean the sensor...what then? the sensor wipers + cleaning solution were made for cleaning the sensor. Why wouldn't you use them?

what if you dont have the cleaning kit like yours for ur dslr camera.....is there any ways to clean my dslr without a kit like yours?

You come from UK don't you, your voice sounds like King George the VI

CRAP!, I did that! I just got my new camera today and did that. Will be okay?

Nice video and great advice on not attempting to clean the sensor with a q-tip. However, I always clean my own sensor, rather than sending it off each time. I get dust particles quite often and the blower itself just doesn't do the job of removing all the dust. There are great kits out there for cleaning the sensor, however, I would suggest that if you're not comfortable with cleaning the sensor yourself, then by all means, take it to a pro. But that can get expensive over time, especially if you need to clean your sensor more than a few times a year like I do.

Today I Saw Something New On My Views Finder, How To Clean That? Because You Said You Will Shot At The Video Start, But I Never Saw It In This Video How To Actually Clean The Image iewer. This Bothors Me Because I Love My Canon 650D And This Is Making Me Nervous =, There Is Some Dots On It =[

THANK YOU! I did as you displayed with locking up the mirror and blowing out the dust. WORKED LIKE A CHARM! You just saved me $250 from a local camera shop for them to do the same thing. The "dot" has been on every one of my white pics for 3 months and now I can finally enjoy a nice clean white background again!

I cleaned My Nikon D7000, exactly followed your Detailed Tip, Thanks for the wonderful video

Super helpful video! I purchased a used Nikon D800, and and sensor dust all over my images. I was worried I needed to have it sent out to be cleaned. Nope! I followed your mirror lock up suggestion, and held the camera upside down. Blew a little air in and did not touch the sensor. Presto! No more sensor dust! Thanks!

Nice tutorial and pretty much spot on, when I worked in a Fuji lab we had all kinds of people coming with broken sensors because they had "brushed" them clean, all we used was a hand blower with a static brush for use on the mirrors pretty much how you have used. We didn't used to charge for the service, but we refused a good few because people would bring in cameras with scratched or broken sensors asking us to clean them lol we didn't fall for it tho.

Thanks mate! As someone new to DSLR photography I have found your videos tremendously informative, and I appreciate the time and effort you've gone to in posting them. Any clown who is critical, would do well to remember the old adage of not looking a gift horse in the mouth. A big thanks from Australia.

thanks, found a spot just before shooting a wedding and no time to take camera in to be cleaned. got the spot out right away!

Thank you so much! I was thinking it'd be a long, expensive process to clean, but this saved me a whole load of trouble

I am saddened where people give up their time to share their expertise and experience, and others contribute nothing other than some (trite) criticism. Well done PhotographersonUTube! Thank you

Thank you, thank you, thank you… :) I have been struggling with dust on my sensor, and after many articles and videos, yours was the first and only to explain, in detail, what I needed to do. After a few blows from the hand held blower, I was able to rid myself of that stubborn dust spot which prevented me from using F/11 and down. Amazing, thanks, and keep up the great videos! - a happy Canadian!

you've been great man. All this time I thought the speck on the viewfinder was because of the dust from the sensor. the q-tip worked really well.