Photographer with a Canon 30D

[Thor Henning]

Originally Posted by Michael

I would never attempt to clean my sensor in Playa (I'm too paranoid about all of that sand) and if I did decide to try this with only the materials that are readily available to me in Playa I know I would end up making things much worse (because that is what I did in California).

It's good to see you Michael! I hope everything is good with you and your family. Say hello to Rosie from Kari and me.

[Digital Maiden]

Originally Posted by Andiline

Orcagirl, the cleaning appears in the menue only when you put it to a manual program selection like P or M of TV or AV. When you have the selection on other programs it doesn't show up in the menue. You should see it in the menue of 'Option' (the one with the hammer in the middle). I don't have a 30D but I have found the menues on Canon cameras to be quite similar. Hope this helps. And Phil is right... once you find that selection the mirror will stay up until you switch off the camera.

THANK YOU ANDILINE!! I just now registered (hello everyone) in order to thank you for helping me locate the sensor cleaning option on my Rebel XT menu.
The manual does not indicate what mode it should be, so for the life of me, I couldn't figure out why the other options were missing. I fiddled with every button except the mode dial. Now wish me luck because I have LOTS of spots and circles on my photos!

[Andiline]

You're welcome. Glad I could help! I've had less problems with the XTi and now I have the 40D which I absolutely love. Both have a self-sensor-cleaning. Although it is not perfect it does help.

Andrea