About Our Sensor Cleaning Service

We are proud to now offer a same day sensor cleaning service.

Same day service is avaiable on most days but depends on current workload.

There are no guarntees that same-day service will be available so please call ahead if you need a same-day service.

Guaranteed 24 hour turn around time.

If same day service is not available then all sensor cleanings are guarteed to be ready within 24 hours on business days.

When bringing the camera in for a cleaning be sure to:

• Remove the camera strap
• Remove and media cards in the camera
• Make sure the camera either has a body cap or a lens attached.
• Fully charge the battery.
  • If unable to then please call ahead. We keep an inventory of batteries and power supplies for most camera makes and models but it is good to let us know to have one ready for your camera.

We have a 24 hour warranty on all sensor cleanings

If not satisfied with the result please bring the camera back within 24 hours and we will clean the camera again for free.

Back to Top

Spotting a Dirty Sensor

Dirty sensors are usually rather easy to spot. They are most noticible in the sky in landscape scenes. However, you cannot see dirt on a sensor when looking through the finder of the camera. Any spots seen when looking through the finder of the camera will NOT show up on your images as these spots are most likely on the focusing screen, not the image sensor.

The image above is an extreme, but not uncommon example of what a dirty sensor can look like.

Back to Top

How to check if your sensor has been contaminated

1. Set lens to infiniti focus.This elimnates the lens from being the cause of any of the spots.
2. Stop down the lens to its minimum aperture. This will sharpen up any dust spots that might be on the sensor.
3. Using manual or aperature priority exposure modes take a photograph of a plain white or neutral colored backdrop.
   • Note: Sometimes it helps to overexpose by 1/3-2/3rd stops (or more)to make the dust spots stand out depending on the background used.
4. Review images full-size on the computer. For best results simply apply auto-levels in Photoshop.
5. Bring your camera to Kamera Korner and get it cleaned!