Camera & Sensor Cleaning
Dirt happens.
No matter how hard you try to keep your camera clean, no matter how careful you are with your lenses, it can still happen. Dust on your sensor shows up as strange dark blobs on every single one of your pictures. When dust strikes, we're here to help!
Camera Sensor Cleaning
Your digital camera's sensor is incredibly delicate. Trust the experts at Dan's to keep it in top working order.
- Please bring a lens or body cap and include a charged battery when your drop off your camera.
- Usually completed in just 3 business days.
Sensor Cleaning : $64.99
Sensor Cleaning & Firmware Update
Since dust and dirt are the enemy, we suggest a full external cleaning when we clean the sensor. While we're working on your camera, we can also take care of any available firmware updates for you. Get your camera back in top shape with the latest features & fixes from the manufacturer. Allow one week to complete your cleaning & update service. Service includes camera body + one lens.
- Please bring a lens or body cap and include a charged battery when your drop off your camera.
- Cleaning does not include any dust in the viewfinder, which is complicated to take apart and is only a cosmetic problem that does not affect picture quality.
- Generally requires about a week to complete.
Sensor Cleaning Firmware Update: $99.99
Lens Calibration
Are your pictures showing up just a little out of focus? If you have a DSLR you may need a lens calibration. This is something that is actually very common and becomes very noticeable when your depth of field is shallow. It varies from lens to lens, but each must be calibrated per camera body.
Using advanced software and hardware, combined with the built-in refinements in the camera we can get your lenses perfectly paired to your bodies for the best results possible. We also provide you with the settings you need to have in your camera, so you do not need to have it re-done if you reset your camera!
Usually completed in just 3 business days.
Please Bring: Camera, lens(es), and charged battery for this service.
Lens Calibration: $49.99
Please Note: Only works with cameras that support lens calibration. All attempts will be made to calibrate. If we still are unable, you will still be charged for the service, and in extreme cases, it may need to be sent to the manufacturer (optional). If you have more than one camera body each lens must be calibrated to each body (Example: 2 lenses to be calibrated to 2 separate camera bodies would equal 4 lens calibrations)
Film Cameras
If you have any concerns on your film camera stop by with it so our experts can assess what's going on. Our review at our sales counter is complimentary and no appointment is needed.
Pricing varies if service is required
How can you tell if it's dust on your sensor?
If a dark splotch shows up in the same place on a bunch of different pictures, chances are good there's something stuck to the image sensor. But you might not see it in every picture. Areas with lots of other stuff going on, like trees or buildings, can hide the dust spots. They're easiest to see in flat, open areas like the sky.
Here's how we check for sensor dust at Dan's. You can try it yourself at home.
- Set your lens to the highest ƒ/stop you have, like ƒ/16 or ƒ/22.
- Turn autofocus off. We want a blurry, out-of-focus picture!
- Take a picture of a flat, detail-free sky. Blue is fine, and overcast is fine too. What we're looking for is something with no pretty clouds - just one flat color across the whole frame.
- Check the picture on your computer, full screen. You might be able to see the dust already! If you can't, bring the picture into Photoshop and use Auto-Levels. If there's any dust in the picture it will jump out at you now, clear as day.
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