Friday 13 January 2017

cleaning - Does the size of blower matter to clean the sensor of the camera?


I'm planning to use a blower to clean the dust from my DSLR sensor, and there are several sizes of blower, such as this small blower:


Small blower


And on the other side, there is other bigger blower, such as:


Big blower


Which one is more effective? The smaller one seems to have smaller tip as well, so it might give more air pressure than the bigger one.



Answer




Generally speaking, I think the size of the blower has more to do with its portability than anything else. :) Most folks get a larger one for home use, and a smaller one to carry around in the bag or on travel. The air capacity may help with hand fatigue, but the pressure is unlikely to change a whole lot, since human hands really only have so much grip strength. In addition, more is not always better. On the Lensrentals blog, Roger Cicala, in going over their lens cleaning tools, mentions the DataVac, but also that it's too powerful for use on front elements (yes, you can use a RocketBlower for stuff other than sensors).


The Giottos Rocket Blower tends to have a lot of mindshare among photographers for two very simple reasons: 1) It has a valve on the back end, so that air only travels in one direction (from the back to the front) and it never acts like a vacuum, sucking back in the dust you just blew out of the camera. 2) The fins means nothing touches the intake port and you can set it down on the table upright and it won't roll away.


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