Dust in SLRs

[scenic121]

I was told that dust can easily enter your lenses of Nikon D70. Is this common among SLR cameras.

[Melinda]

Originally posted by scenic121
I was told that dust can easily enter your lenses of Nikon D70. Is this common among SLR cameras.

Of course, anytime you remove a lens, there is a HUGE chance of getting dust in both the back of the lens and in the body of the camera. Keeping it clean is actually pretty easy, I use some spray air at a good distance from the lens and the camera body every week and I've had no problems...just NEVER blow into your camera or onto your lenses, the bacteria from your mouth can scratch the surfaces of the glass.

[scenic121]

Originally posted by Melinda

Of course, anytime you remove a lens, there is a HUGE chance of getting dust in both the back of the lens and in the body of the camera. Keeping it clean is actually pretty easy, I use some spray air at a good distance from the lens and the camera body every week and I've had no problems...just NEVER blow into your camera or onto your lenses, the bacteria from your mouth can scratch the surfaces of the glass.

I happend to be at the Nikon service centre one day - here was an owner complaining about dust getting into his D70 - not while you remove the lens - tiny dust particles can get into these lenses - and the owner has to visit the centre ever so frequent just to get rid of this dust particles.