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04-17-2009, 11:30 AM
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#1 | | The Lone Wanderator
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| Selling my SLR; pre-sales advice
I'm selling my SLR, since I have had very little use for it. It's big, bulky, and I haven't the time to go out and do dedicated shoot times.
Before I sell it, though, I want to take it in to a camera shop and get it cleaned up (lenses are kind of dusty; I worry about the sensor as well) because I know I'll just fuck it up.
Suggestions on shops or people? fanks guys.
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04-17-2009, 01:52 PM
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#2 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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What make/model is it?
If it's Nikon, bring it to them for a cleaning.
IIRC, Canon goes to VanCam
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04-17-2009, 01:55 PM
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#3 | | The Lone Wanderator
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It's a Canon 350D; very basic, sad I can't do more with it.
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04-17-2009, 02:25 PM
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#4 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Just shoot at F/22 at the sky, take a look at how bad the dust is...
Normally a blower can take care of a large chunk of sensor dust.
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04-17-2009, 05:02 PM
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#5 | | The Lone Wanderator
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Originally Posted by -Paolo-  Just shoot at F/22 at the sky, take a look at how bad the dust is...
Normally a blower can take care of a large chunk of sensor dust. | Thanks for the advice, but I'd like to take it to a shop to get it serviced just so I can say "Recently serviced just for sale at...."
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04-17-2009, 09:38 PM
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#6 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Paolo already suggested couple places 3 posts up.
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04-18-2009, 12:39 AM
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#7 | | VLS Moderator
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I'll do it for you for free, as long as you buy the swabs. The lens/es I can do too.
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04-18-2009, 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever I'll do it for you for free, as long as you buy the swabs. The lens/es I can do too. | do you guys clean the inside of the lens as well?
theres 3 dust specs in my lens, its not effecting the image but its bugging the sh@t out of me
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04-18-2009, 08:05 AM
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#9 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Some lenses you can unscrew the front element like a filter and clean the dust spec. I had 1 tiny speck on my Nikkon 18-200 that bugged me. I was going to send it in for cleaning but I found a DIY online and did it myself. Just be very careful.
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04-18-2009, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Kasino do you guys clean the inside of the lens as well?
theres 3 dust specs in my lens, its not effecting the image but its bugging the sh@t out of me | That is a job for the pros. Yes, there are some DIY guides on the net, but if you screw up the alignment when you put it back together, you're screwed.
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04-18-2009, 09:45 AM
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#11 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever I'll do it for you for free, as long as you buy the swabs. The lens/es I can do too. | Get Jason to do it for you. He's da man! 
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04-19-2009, 07:01 PM
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#12 | | I STILL don't get it
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It's going to cost you more to get the lens and sensor cleaned than extra money you will make by saying your gear has been recently serviced.
I say just sell it and be honest.
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