CLEAN YOUR CAMERA SENSOR without RUINING YOUR CAMERA! 

I've cleaned my sensor before but I had no idea that you should replace the solution once a year. Fun fact: Most sensors have more dust particles than Gene has facial hair

This actually made feel more confident if I need to ever clean my sensor 😂 thank you!

Wow. This took the fear out of cleaning my sensor. Thanks!

"You won't notice how dirty the sensor is until you start stopping down your aperture." That makes a lot more sense now in hindsight😮

0:06 "Yeah, I know, I've seen your sensors" right out the gate 💀💀💀

I swear man your content whether I’m sad or happy or about to workout. I can watch it anywhere. Your character and the way you carry yourself is humble, fun and informative.

Excellent video. Always love Gene's humor. I continue to be fearful of cleaning my camera sensor myself. This helps so much to give me a bit of confidence to go ahead and do it. Many thanks to you both.

Yessssss. I'm gonna be cleaning it this week!

This is helpful Gene. Hopefully I won't damage my lens and my sensor with the help of this video. 👍

Dude, just get to a million already. You post so much of the useful stuff plus it's so entertaining. I'm a musician, I have nothing to do with cameras except for making videos for my channel. I still watch all your videos.

I second that statement about the shelf life of the cleaning solution! Oh man, I had some troubles recently when I had to clean an Alexa35 sensor glass with a bad fluid that would not clean for the life of me. I ended using up 8 swaps and had only two left. It was horrible because I did it the late evening before the shoot and had no other cleaning fluid. I had to sort to 93% denatured bioethanol from the local late-night mart. Not the best, but the sensor glass got clean without any residue.

This was embarrassingly helpful thank you.. Much simpler than I was thinking. And I didn't know about the glass Over the sensor. Makes sense

nice...you made the right video..im also trying to clean my camera gene :)

Just what i needed!

Love this type of info and advice. Mahalo for this...

Always entertaining! Thanks for the reminder!

Thank you sooooo much, that looked easy AF, and I was terrified of this project 😅

Thank you, I actually feel confident and cleaning my own sensors now.

I have had an Eyelead SCK-1 for 8 years and used on my Nikons without any issue. It is very similar to the cleaner used by Leica cleaning centres so if it is good enough for them then who am I to question.. Whatever you clean your sensor with, be it wet or dry don't worry the protective glass is quite durable and of course enjoy your dust free images.

5 minutes straightforward, nice!

Such a great video !

Nice to see what Potato Jet still alive ang made a new video!

Perfect timing ^^

I also use sensor swaps, but before I wet-clean a sensor, I lightly vacuum it with a special setup I have created. This way, I ensure that I don't scratch the camera's sensor during the process. I also vacuum the inside of the camera carefully, again with the special hose/device I have made. This is because if there is dust on the sensor, there is likely dust inside the camera housing, and it's just a matter of time before there is dust on the sensor again.

great video

Thanks

Can this guy hit 1M already !

Now we need one for lenses. But also some recomended brands for it. I've bought some kits that seemed a bit flimsy. Even with Zeiss wipes it leaves dust and sometimes just smears the grease. The microfiber cloth works ok until it's washed or until it gathers enough grease... Haven't really found a good solution.

You dirty little sensor, come here! :)

Thank you!!!!!!!

I think the statement 'you don't start to see that debris until you stop down' is only valid for dust inside the optics or on internal ND filters etc. If you have actual dust on the sensor, it should be so close to the sensor that you will see it regardless of the iris opening. In the case of cine cameras, I believe you often have an additional piece of glass between the front of the sensor assembly and the actual outside world (clearly visible at 2:12) where, if you do have dust there, it is sufficiently far away to not show up wide-open.

I pullin for you to have 1,000,000 subs for an early Christmas present this year!

Do clean lenses next✌🏼

Personally I’d avoid what looks like the ‘Pancro Lens Cleaner’ (I believe on the table next to the Kimtech (green) lens tissues). Pancro is Isopropyl Alcohol (from their MSDS), and this can damage coatings on the front element of lenses. I understand that it’s often easy to use this mid production, but where possible (or I’d recommend): air, soft brush, & lastly, distilled water with cotton swabs (in small circular motions from the centre outwards), has been my go to. It’s not necessarily a quick process, but as said in this video, the less you touch the glass (with anything! And that includes a cleaning processes), the better. Thanks for a cool video on lens cleaning 🙌

so close to Million Subs

The problem is, it's hard to tell which sensor cleaning kit is really good and which one is crap. You would think you get what you pay for, but I've used a non-cheap sensor cleaning kit and it left a film on my sensor! So I guess I'll get the same kit as what's in this video.

Do more like this.

Would this also apply to cleaning the lenses as well? I’m assuming it does?

Rule no. 1 never touch the sensor Rule no. 2 always be careful Rule no. 3 use it like nothing just happened 😂

Could you do one on cleaning glass as well

My Sony F3's sensor is behind a transparent shield, perhaps glass or plastic? Should I still use a sensor cleaner or can i use my lens pen's polishing tip?

What 4k camera you will recommend, if i don't wana use colour grading to make it look better? Not for filming just for events recording Record and upload?

URSA mini is uncleanable. Once dust gets behind the variable ND array it’s full disassembly time 😢

0:03 : Epic 😂😂

I started doing this 7 years ago literally my 3rd 4th month of any experience 😂😂😂😂 it’s not bad

What if your sensor is like a one inch or 2/3 sensor size, what size do we use? I only see 4/3, APS-C and full frame cleaning swabs.

"I know, I've seen your sensors" Boom. Roasted. Lol

So it sounds like IBIS doesn't matter? Whether its on or off you can still clean the sensor?

Never had to clean a sensor since the EOS 5D, but pro cameras are a different story.

It’s wise to hold your camera with the sensor facing down allowing gravity to take the particles away from the inside of the camera body when blowing it out.

Please make a video with New Rf 24-105 f2.8

If you always use the same lens, can the sensor still get dirt on it?

i just dip it in water it works the sensor is clean

Never heard someone pronounce aps-c but I like it

So funny, I just brought my camera in to get my sensor cleaned today. I'm such a coward.:-) I'm going to do it myself next time

pretty sure that your supposed to apply 2 drops to each side of the swab. not leave one side dry

The struggle of not being able to grow facial hair hahaha

Zoom lenses that draw in air as they are used tend to add a little dust to my sensor.

Just use sand & pirana acid, epsecially if its a Sony Venice

We need to get Potato Jet to 1milli already wtf!!!

Camera Sensor is the part of Camera i never go close to, now after this Video, i feel Like pro in my head already 😂.

That cotton swab price is a highway robbery rofl

04:33 is this filmed on an iPhone because there is a quality difference

Too little fluid will get you streaks, the same with too much. After a while you'll get a feel for it.

This was MONNNEYYYY

I like Gene better with a beard. 👍

I cleaned my fx3's sensor yesterday 😅 the video is 1 day late 😂

I wish that single-use swab uses a reel spool like the ribbon in a typewriter. That throw away system is so anti-environment.

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my anexity was kinda high watching this and thinking oh no what if the torch light slips and hits the sensor ...

Why not just spray the sensor with a can of compressed air? to blow away the dust? any harm in that?

Rode finally got wise and produced transmitters with subdued branding. I don't like the shiny surface though, again, distracting the audience.

First time seeing someone call APS-C 'App See'

anxiety level 10 😵

One pass only. Don't do that flip and pass back! Bad idea. The edges always have the most debris and you're just bringing it back over the core.

Subtle expertise right here in carefully hiding the mics.

What’s your favorite camera?

RIP to all the festival photographers who know the pain lasers and their dead sensors 💀🥲

Change the title to 4:58

I just like watching the 🥔

I always use Blu Tac. This isn't a joke.

1st commentttt!!

PUT YOUR DJI POCKET 3 ON A FPV DRONE please

Mustache = no Also, can you share how to clean a lens easily?

Welcome to open heart surgery tutorial!

This guy is legendary by saying APP-See!

never touch the sensor

$40???? Smh these used to be $10-20 lol

I was enjoying watching this video, but sadly I had to stop due to the blasphemy... 😓😓

i usually fart on the sensor. does the job aswell!

you need 1 second more

I wouldn't recommend anyone to clean the sensor in this way. The first step is air, the second step is the brush end of a clean lenspen, followed by air again, and repeat it. After that, use a brand new microfiber cloth with a very small amount of lens cleaning fluid. The mistake is made in the video because these tools make no sense at all. If it happens to pick up any dirt, this 'sensor cleaning tool' will smoothly roll it across the glass surface, and then you'll have to watch the consequences. So, stick to a completely ordinary, unopened microfiber cloth and wipe the sensor with a sweeping motion over as large a surface as possible. Don't press down on it, as shown in the video; just gently swipe it away. I can't describe it precisely, but rather imagine that if there's a grain of sand on the glass, you shouldn't press on it; however, you can gently swipe it away.

What happened to you? You used to be so active then you just dropped off…