I like my little Lumix digital camera. Its 10 megapixels is fine for online photo sharing, and at just 7/8 inch thick it slips easily into a pocket. The lack of an eye-level finder limits its sunny day usefulness, but I've posted a lot of pictures from it.
Recently, a couple spots started showing up in the images from the camera and I was pretty sure it was some dust on the sensor. I decided to try cleaning the sensor following the instructions provided in this Graham Houghton YouTube video.
The camera in the video was not exactly the same model as mine, but it was close enough so I encountered little difficulty in following the instructions. It would have been helpful to have some magnifying glasses to see the small parts in tight spaces.
As the video warned, the little IR filter was stuck to the inside back of case when I opened it. What I was not prepared for was that the tiny piece of plastic filter material and the small rubber frame would flutter separately down to the desktop. I had to guess the proper orientation of the component on reassembly, but it seems to be ok.
Other than the issue with the filter, there was little difficulty in the process, and just brushing off the filter and the sensor has resulted in dust-free images from the camera.
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| Margaret at Level 5 at the Chaco Hotel |
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