ACR Remove Panel - Remove / Replace and Visualize Spots- Adobe Camera RAW (ACR (v. 16.5)

[@TheHighlander71]

You mentioned something about cleaning the sensor. I seem to vaguely remember reading in the manual of my ancient Canon camera that it had some sort of a function to clear dust off it. What ways of cleaning your sensor are there these days?

[@TonghoPhotography]

Hi, thanks very much for watching and commenting. I don't think sensor cleaning has changed much over the years. Most Canon cameras (DSLR and Mirrorless) have a self-cleaning device which vibrates/shakes the sensor to clear dusts when you turn the camera off. You can also use the menu to have the camera clean the sensor on demand. When the cleaning happens, it is important to tilt the camera with the lens facing down so gravity will cause the shaken-loose dust to fall away from the sensor. You can manually clean the sensor if some dust would not fall off the sensor after shaking. You need to set the camera menu to "manual clean mode", which exposes the sensor. I'd first use an air blower (I use a Giotto rocket blower) to blast the dust off the sensor. If some dust persists, I'd then use a commercially available sensor cleaning swab to clean the sensor.

[@TheHighlander71]

@@TonghoPhotography Thanks. I'm going to have a closer look.