Sensor Cleaning Panasonic Lumix Mirrorless Camera DIY

In this video Peter Brogden shows you how to clean the sensor of your Panasonic mirrorless camera with The Dust Patrol Alpha Premium Sensor Cleaning Swabs and Gamma sensor cleaning fluid. More sensor cleaning videos of further camera brands will follow.
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[@dead.format]

I finally made the inevitable cock up whilst trying to change lenses, in the cold with no surface to work on - and my finger slipped inside the lens mount and I got a nice grubby fingerprint on the sensor/filter of my GX-80! I was terrified for a while but this video sorted me right out and I now have a nice, immaculate image again. Thanks for your help.

[@Happy-Donkeys]

Thank you very much Peter.

[@RobertWedderburn]

Very good tutorial on how to clean your camera sensor! Thank you very much!!!

[@abcd-wg2iq]

thank you! Super simple guide! Did all the steps you showed. In A mode spotted the problem. Brush cleaning worked. Little dust particle on sensor looked like thumb sized oily smear on the video.

[@volkerschuster8079]

Thank you for a very clear video, I shall get all the materials to clean now.

[@FalharNomads]

Very well explained. Thanks

[@lifeslostluggage253]

Thank for this video, found ti really helpful for cleaning my GH5 sensor! :)

[@fionawalsh3475]

thanks, that was helpful for desert dust on the sensor

[@GiRx8]

Thank you! just what I needed, just waiting on my blower to arrive tomorrow.

[@MyViewToronto]

Thanks!

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Great clip, thanks!

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you sir!!

[@SuchetB]

thank you Peter this really helped :)

[@dantolino1093]

Just cleaned both my GH5S and my GH5 sensors following your instructions. Complete success. Thanks a lot.

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[@kysonhunter5640]

@Nelson Raul you are welcome :)

[@Pramodh744]

Great sir👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@mrdavie99]

It would have been helpful to have a final photograph test of the sensor after completing your wet cleaning process to see for ourselves the before and after effect of the two cleaning processes (dry and wet).

[@Germainmedia]

I have some old Eclipse E2 optic cleaning fluid for tin oxide coated sensors. Can it be used on GH5 sensor? It is a Ethanol based fluid. Thank you

[@chezruss]

hi there Dust Patrol - I've just bought a secondhand Lumix tz18 on Ebay - its a point and shoot type camera - ie not interchangable lens. On screen and in my photos can be seen large specs, surely it can't be dust - maybe mold?

[@horvathattila9697]

Hi! The chart on the page recommends 20mm swap (blue) for the Panasonic Lumix g7, but here I can see that the orange is used. Then what is the right size?

[@brianphuket5951]

Hello Dust Patrol > shutter on my G7 is not opening, is there anything that can be done here short of taking it in for a new shutter? some kind of cleaning?

[@martinfinzel7679]

I have a Lumix Gx7, never cleaned the sensor but often used the blower as you did in your very informative video. My simple question is regarding the in-camera auto-clean function ; for this option should I take off the lens, and face the camera downwards as with the blower procedure? Thank you for the great video, cheers.

[@thedustpatrol7515]

Hello Martin Finzel, the answer ist straight forward: Yes. The built in sensor-clean-function shakes the filter in front of the sensor at a very high frequency. This is to remove dust from this filter. Holding the camera with the lens mount facing down and no lens attached will make the dust fall down, following the gravity. So it will leave the camera rather than just being pushed aside.

[@martinfinzel7679]

Thank you very much for your quick reply. I gathered that this is the logical way to keep the sensor dust off. However I feel instruction manuals should be better in explaining functions. Cheers keep up your good work Martin

[@geoffreykingston4866]

I have a Panasonic Lumix G9M2 mirrorless camera. Quick question. Do I clean the sensor with the camera turned on or off? Some say on to lock the sensor others say off. Bit confused. Also do I turn the image stabilization on or off? In all the videos I have seen these questions are not addressed. Help/Advice please.

[@nahceil]

VERY HELPFUL VIDEO SIR ! btw, after taking a picture. Did you let your camera on ? and take off the lens? or did you switch it off first before removing the lens?? SORRY IF IM SO BASIC. I dont know what to do. plsss response THX ! ill subs!

[@thedustpatrol7515]

Chan, to change lenses, switch off your camera. But to clean the sensor, switch it on. This will lock the sensor in position.

[@ClimbingTV]

Hello, I have got the GX80 camera and I am really confused about what size of the swab should I use. On your website it says 20mm but the camera have got 17.3 x 13 mm senzor. So which swab shall I buy?

[@thedustpatrol7515]

The filter in front of the sensor is slightly larger than the sensor itself. So it is much easier to clean with the larger 20mm blue swab.

[@ClimbingTV]

@@thedustpatrol7515 Good to know that, thank you!

[@reekgoesoutside]

I have a Panasonic g7 that has a fingerprint smudge on the sensor. The only thing I have available are moist Zeiss lens wipes. Would these be suitable to clean the smudge? I was thinking a single pass per wipe.

[@thedustpatrol7515]

Rico, we recommend the products in our video. They are designed for cleaning sensors.

[@dmgfilmproductionandphotog1567]

Panasonic gx85 sensor size was 13x17mm.. Why using 20mm? The gap was big why?

[@DJColinCook]

The link goes to an American site with only dollar prices. Is there a UK site?

[@damt1974]

Hi! I own a Panasonic GH5. The user's guide is not so helpful... Is there something specific with the GH5 (IBIS - should the camera be on "on"? / the sensor doesn't have low-pass filter, but is there a protection on the sensor, or is the sensor nude?) or is the wet cleaning method the same as you presented here? thank you for your answer and sorry if my questions sounds basic. I can't find any specific advice for the GH5. Damien

[@thedustpatrol7515]

The camera should be switched on. This will lock the sensor which is necessary for cleaning. The camera has a filter in front of the sensor. Klaus Walterbusch

[@damt1974]

The Dust Patrol thank you!

[@mitchharris7755]

Just performed on my Pano G80, done the job well. Thanks for the guide.

[@petevidales1519]

I did this. I’m looking through a monitor now image looks clean. But it seems like the sensor has a very light haze now from the fluid I think. Should I do the step again even if my image looks clean? Should I try to get rid of the very light haze on my sensor?

[@thedustpatrol7515]

I would recommend to give it a few more times to get rid of the smear. It is like your car's windshield after a long period of no rain. When you first start the windshield wiper, the dirt smears across the window. But with several tries and fluid you will be able to completely remove the smear.

[@williamstatt8651]

What about wet cleaning on a Panasonic stabilized sensor? Can you damage it because it moves?

[@thedustpatrol7515]

With no lens and the camera set to ‘OFF’, you can see that the sensor is ‘loose’. With the camera set to ‘ON’ after 1-2 seconds you can see the sensor lock into position. At this point the sensor appears stiff and ok for cleaning.

[@williamstatt8651]

Doesn't turning the camera on create a static charge on the sensor that will pull "dust" to it, like the fibers we see floating in sunlight inside the house?

[@thedustpatrol7515]

Yes, it does. But the sensor must (!) be locked in position. As long as we don't have a different way to lock the sensor, we don't have another option. Also, loose fibers/dust can be removed with a blower.

[@thedustpatrol7515]

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[@malcolmcog]

Thank you, I found a spot on my Lumix, I followed your advice and its gone !

[@nahceil]

SIR ? what if the swab i bought cant fit in to my sensor ?? is there any techniques or way to fit it ??

[@thedustpatrol7515]

If the swab is too small, you have to clean in 2 strikes. If it is too big, you may be able to clean from top to bottom rather than from side to side.

[@nahceil]

THANK YOU SIIR ~!

[@nickcarneyphotography]

This doesn't mention anything about leaving the camera on and disabling the IBIS. Is that not important?

[@DaveKingMusic]

Olympus lens cap? lol

[@hades4100]

Dave King It also is an Olympus lens

[@thedustpatrol7515]

Well observed! It's even an Olympus lens.

[@chrismai1889]

seems like an awful lot of precaution. isn't there a layer of glass between the sensor and the nasty environment ?

[@el_kuks]

And no photo of result. Looks like not very legit. Don`t think it got clean with first try.

[@thedustpatrol7515]

This was not a product test. We made the video to show you how you can easily clean your sensor. We don't suggest that you never need a second or even a third try. Thank you for the hint, we will adopt it in further videos and will clarify that it may need a second or third try to clean the sensor. We have already done this in other videos. Klaus Walterbusch / The Dust Patrol.

[@GrrrTurtle]

Turned this video on. Really needed to see how to clean the sensor. Heard the guys voice, saw the video length and wrote this comment about how I am going to find a different video, because this dude is too boring to watch for 9 minutes. Hire somebody a bit less boring next time.