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Part I: Getting Started
About Sensor Cleaning
When you power off your SL1/100D,
the sensor is automatically cleaned
(see Figure 1-17). The camera
accomplishes this by jiggling the
sensor to dislodge any dust particles.
Sometimes, though, stubborn par-
ticles of dust don’t fall off the sensor
with the automatic cleaning. You can,
however, manually clean your sensor
as outlined in the next section.
Cleaning your sensor
on command
If you notice black specks in areas
of your image that are one solid color (say, in a patch of sky), you have dust
on your sensor. Your camera will automatically clean the sensor when you
power it off. However, sometimes that’s not enough. If you consistently see
dust spots in the same area on several images, there’s a jiffy menu command
you can use to clean your sensor, whenever you feel the need, by following
these steps:
1. Press the camera Menu button.
The camera menu is displayed on the LCD monitor.
2. Navigate to Camera Settings 3 tab (see the left image in Figure 1-18).
Figure 1-18:
Cleaning the camera sensor.
Figure 1-17:
Shake it up baby, now. Shake it up,
baby. Clean me off.
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