My Fuji X-T20 is six years old this year. It has served me well. But all was not well. I’ve used it plenty and regularly switch between lenses, and at some point (or points) I’ve allowed specs of stuff to get on the sensor. Dust? Some of that was there, so I used a squeezy blowy tool to blow that off and away. But splodges remained on my photos. There was other stuff there. Specs of moisture, I suspect. You can see one very obvious splurge in the photo above. The squeezy blowy tool could do nothing about those sorts of splodges.
My obvious answer to this was to buy a new camera. Which lead me down a rabbit hole best explained in a post of its own on another day. The other obvious answer was to have a look on the internet to see if anything could be done to properly clean my sensor. I hadn’t looked before, because the sensor just appears so incredibly fragile. Not to be touched. Don’t even breathe near it. But surely stuff must get on sensors regularly, and you can’t just throw a camera away every time.
And it turned out that you can clean a sensor. It’s actually very easy, and reasonably safe to do. It has a very thin piece of glass protecting it, and you can wet clean marks off this glass using the correctly sized swab for your sensor type. It’s done wonders for my camera. It’s like new again. The images I shot around Camden at the weekend were bright, colourful and blemish free. Hallelujah! My Fuji has risen, he has risen indeed.
Of course. I still want a new camera. But there’s no pressing rush now…
The Mexile 
When I first saw the title, I thought, “Oh, you took a trip to Japan!” 🙂
Glad your camera is working well again.
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Almost as good as new. And I do intend to take a trip to Japan. No dates set in mind, and not this year. But sooner, rather than later.
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Hello Gary, I ran into Nigel over the weekend and he asked how you were. He said he’s dating Marine LePen and getting along famously. Maybe they can get together with Victor Orban and your guy in the UK and have a Halloween party.
I had a similar problem with a small Canon, which started giving me random blotches and blobs. I didn’t try to clean it for fear of causing some real damage. What do you mean when you say used a cotton swab, is that like what we call a Q-tip? Did you use distilled water or any solvent? I retired that little camera and it’s been sitting in the cabinet for several years. Maybe your cure might work on it.
Thanks.
Al
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Hopefully I’ll be invited to that Halloween party. I’ll go as Michael Myers. The chainsaw will be real, not a prop… 🙂
You need a proper kit. It’s almost like a flatheads Q-Tip. The cleaning solution should be the proper stuff. Link to the one I bought for my Fuji with it’s APS-C sensor is below…
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Your name is on the list for the Halloween bash. Sent away for cleaning kit like yours. Hope it brings my old camera back to life. Thanks. Al
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Let me know how it went…
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I thought I posted a comment but I don’t know where it went. Let me know if your received it. Al
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It went to spam, for some reason. Not my doing. Weirdly, this comment didn’t. A glitch in the matrix…
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My Fujifilm X camera has a line on the left hand side of the sensor. You can’t visually see it on the sensor but it can be seen on the screen so you can frame the photo to exclude the line. When you zoom out it changes shape from straight to curved. I crop that that out once the photo is taken. I had been told it would cost more than the cost of the camera to fix it so I just live with it. Although I have a little puffer I prefer to use a camel hair brush to remove any dust. At the time it was being examined for repairs they attempted to update the software but screwed that up, technology is great isn’t it.. in the right hands.
Generally speaking it works just fine but it doesn’t send photos wirelessly any more not that that was that effective anyway, more hit or miss.
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I think you are probably closer to needing a new camera than I, by the sounds of it!
But if it does a job, and does it well enough for your needs…it can wait.
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It’s not a priority to be honest and my iPhone has become more useful from a portability aspect. I used to wear a camera for years. I always had one with me. Initially a Kodak 110 then an Olympus Trip.
These days of course my iPhone is my go to. I’d like to get a larger one of course with the extra gimmicks but there again being retired I don’t need it except for the usual antics.
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