7D Camera Maintenance and Care

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JustinBrown

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My 7D will be here on the 1st or 2nd, and in the mean time I am trying to learn as much as possible regarding the thread title. I am wondering what maintenance supplies I might need for it? What suggestions you might have for protecting the sensor from overuse and overheating? Any operating tips that might be useful?

Thanks!
 
For starters in terms of overheating I've found a few things overtime. You can also do a search on the forums for this as it has been discussed like crazy.

1) use a very good Compact Flash card
2) hand holding the camera and not putting it on a rig will warm up the body causing it to overheat (from experience)
3) turn it off when not using the camera on a shoot
4) battery grips also help
 
draven4 said:
For starters in terms of overheating I've found a few things overtime. You can also do a search on the forums for this as it has been discussed like crazy.

1) use a very good Compact Flash card
2) hand holding the camera and not putting it on a rig will warm up the body causing it to overheat (from experience)
3) turn it off when not using the camera on a shoot
4) battery grips also help
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I have looked, perhaps not in the right place. I shall have to look again.

What is a good compact flash card? I am thinking I will get 3 8 gig 30mb Sandisk cards. Why does a battery grip help?

What I was more curious about is if I should get some compressed air, what is safe for cleaning my lenses...etc Just some novice questions from someone who is ultra paranoid that he might accidently damage his recent purchase.
 
Speaking for myself and a few others Scan Disk Extreme 60mbs 32 gig is what I have.

As for the battery grip I do not own one myself but from what others have said on the forums and tests have proved this. Reason being that the battery generates heat when used, over time contributing to the over heatup inside the camera. Try shooting for a while and take out the batter and hold it, you will feel a slight amount of heat. A battery grip keeps the heat outside of the body. Do I own one... no. Is it worth getting, maybe but I probably will not get one unless I had extra cash to spend. I don't really feel a battery grip is essential though but it does help. Search for this might be keywords such as "should I get a battery grip".

Not sure about the compressed air but I do not use it on my camera. I use a manual blower. Reason being that compressed air shoots out a stream of cool liquid material that can get on camera parts.

I actually would like to see more comments people have about cleaning the camera, especially the sensor area. So I'm with you on that one.
 
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draven4 said:
Speaking for myself and a few others Scan Disk Extreme 60mbs 32 gig is what I have.

As for the battery grip I do not own one myself but from what others have said on the forums and tests have proved this. Reason being that the battery generates heat when used, over time contributing to the over heatup inside the camera. Try shooting for a while and take out the batter and hold it, you will feel a slight amount of heat. A battery grip keeps the heat outside of the body. Do I own one... no. Is it worth getting, maybe but I probably will not get one unless I had extra cash to spend. I don't really feel a battery grip is essential though but it does help. Search for this might be keywords such as "should I get a battery grip".

Not sure about the compressed air but I do not use it on my camera. I use a manual blower. Reason being that compressed air shoots out a stream of cool liquid material that can get on camera parts.

I actually would like to see more comments people have about cleaning the camera, especially the sensor area. So I'm with you on that one.
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Good point about the air. I have a little brush and air blower from my old 35mm. I looked at the memory cards you mentioned and someone told me that the higher speed cards can contribute to the overheating...but who knows. I can't seem to find them in any retail outlets for the same price as B & H either so I imagine I will have to order them and make do with something slower and cheaper.
 
Manual air blowers rock. The cheap ones on Ebay are just as good; they just can't stand up on their own like the Giotto Rocket ones. I've got like eight of them, one thrown in each of my bags. I have found that 95% of the time, it's all you'll need for cleaning lenses (or a protective UV filter). They can help with removing dust from the sensor (actually, the low-pass filter, not the sensor) but sometimes a swab or professional touch is required.
 
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