Dropped my camera bag

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Glass pieces on the lens from the uv filter :(. Best way to clean it up without scratching the lens? Gonna try a little paint brush now to get rid of the powder and little glass pieces.

How do I check if the rest of the camera and lens is ok?
 
Compressed air courtesy your local petrol station.

The best way to check lens alignment (at any time) is to pin the page of a newspaper to the wall, then take pictures of the page from a tripod-mounted camera (the idea being that the camera is parallel to the wall) with the f-stop should also be set wide-open.

The text should be equally in focus (barring probably the corners) throughout the entire image when the image is enlarged as much as possible.

BTW if your camera was in a camera bag when it was dropped it is time that you purchased a new bag !
 
Thanks man. Could not find a small brush. Garage idea is great. I think I am placing the camera incorrectly in the back. It hit the corner of a tile. bag was like R700
 
Halt on blowing dirty air from a garage air supply. You will surely get water residue and oily gunk into the body or lens. FFS stay very far away from that option.
 
So I should get a can of it? Is the air dirty cos of bad filters?
 
AhComment said:
Halt on blowing dirty air from a garage air supply. You will surely get water residue and oily gunk into the body or lens. FFS stay very far away from that option.
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True - I didn't think that far <sigh> You could check by blowing some air on a sheet of clean white paper.

OTOH [photographic] canned compressed air should work fine & without the risk.
 
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So I got to wait till tomorrow. Crap. Thanks guys
 
KSINGH said:
Thanks man. Could not find a small brush. Garage idea is great. I think I am placing the camera incorrectly in the back. It hit the corner of a tile. bag was like R700
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It looks as though the lens was resting against one of the inner walls of the bag. Best placement is normally with the lens parallel to the base of the case, but not touching the inner wall.
 
Had lens facing the base. Even the lens cover was on.
 
Another thing to check is if the lens focuses properly at infinity. A hard blow can sometimes upset the internal shimming of the lens.
 
I'd remove the larger shards with pliers or tweezers then the smaller bits with sellotape. Any residue from the tape could be removed with lens cleaner. Compressed air could just blow that fine glass into places you don't want it.

A vacuum cleaner could possibly work too.

Of course you could have just avoided this by not using filters in the first place. ;)
 
Is the filter not so necessary then? I thought its a good to have from all the discussions.
 
I rather use a lens hood than clear/UV filter. It absorbs more shock energy when breaking than a filter would, it doesn't warp and become one with the lens after a hard knock, it doesn't affect image quality, it actually serves a purpose other than just protecting the front element...
 
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