Now this part of the camera can get really dirty really quickly so today i'm going to
show you an easy way to get to it and get all of the dirt out of that viewfinder
keeping your camera clean is important to make sure it works as it should dust on the sensor is
a nightmare and with current mirrorless cameras it's unavoidable but easy to get to well kind of
easy to get to because you just take the lens off you get a cleaning kit and you can swipe it across
now with the viewfinder it's a little bit more tricky to get to and get a cleaning cloth in
there to get all of the bits of dirt out but it's important to have a clean viewfinder to see what's
going on with your photographs especially on a bright sunny day whenever i've tried to clean
it in the past i've just wrapped the cloth around my finger but it just ends up cleaning the center
part of that viewfinder and doesn't do a really good job and sometimes i end up just pushing the
dirt around in there a little bit however recently i've found a much better way to do it and a much
easier way to do it now you will need a lens blower and then you'll need one of these ear
cleaners or q-tips as it's called and a lens cloth as well a lot of cameras have removable covers for
the viewfinder my a73 has this and it's got two clips down either side what you'd normally do is
push it up so with this you can push it up you get that bit out of the way so it's easier to get to
now other cameras don't have this so my rx10 this bit isn't removable but that glass is a
little bit closer so that is a little bit easier to clean now once you've got that out of the way
what you want to do is get your lens blower and just kind of blow in there
just so if there's any bits of dirt in there any loose bits of dirt anyway
this will help get those out once you've done that you put your camera face down like this and then
you're gonna get your q-tip and then cover it in the lens cloth and it has to be a clean lens cloth
get that put it over the tip and then just start wiping any of the bits of dirt away
and with this q-tip you can really get into those corners
what i'll do is check the end and if it gets dirty i'll move it around a little bit but you want to
try not to touch the end bit with your fingers because then it'll get the grease of your fingers
and of your skin on the end you'll end up putting that back on that glass in the viewfinder so you
get a clean bit and then just wipe it once you've done this three or four times the viewfinder will
be so much cleaner and then when you use it the next time you will really notice it especially
if you haven't cleaned it for a long time once you have done that with the cloth and the q-tip
get your lens blower and your camera and just blow it out one more time just in case
that cloth has kind of loosened up bits of dirt or pushed them into the corner
then all you want to do is put your viewfinder cover back on all you do is from the top push it
down and it should click into place like i've said you might have to do this a couple of times and if
you do make sure you keep using a clean part of that cloth so you're always removing the dirt and
not just spreading it around the viewfinder now i'm also going to do it with the rx10
because it hasn't got a removable part i'll just put it down like that grab my blower to start with
and get rid of any of those loose bits of dirt and then again i'll get my q-tip
i'll get that cloth i'll cover it not touching that end piece
and again i'll just try and wipe out all of those bits of dirt
and this one's quite dirty so i need to do this a few times
and that is so much better you'll be surprised at how clean you can actually get it
with just this q-tip and this lens cloth now this is how i do it but if you know a different way
or a better way let me know in the comments below and if you have any other useful ways to
clean your camera also let me know about that as well it'd be great to hear how you guys keep your
camera kit clean now if you want to clean your sensor as well i've done a video on this already
so if you need to learn how to do that click on this video next i'll see you next time you