topic Re: View finder dust ? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

View finder dust ?

Batfire2000 — Wed, 17 May 2017 20:51:29 GMT

When I look through the eye piece view finder, I can see what looks like dust. Very small in two places but it bugs me. Changed lenses not that. Clean the eye piece with a approved cloth, still there. Any suggestions?? Thanks

Re: View finder dust ?

Jason — Wed, 17 May 2017 21:18:04 GMT

Hi, Batfire2000!

Welcome to the Canon Forums and thanks for your post!

To have a better understanding of your issue, please let everyone know the camera model you have.

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Re: View finder dust ?

Batfire2000 — Wed, 17 May 2017 21:19:44 GMT

Canon T6i

Re: View finder dust ?

Batfire2000 — Wed, 17 May 2017 21:47:36 GMT

Re: View finder dust ?

diverhank — Wed, 17 May 2017 21:49:08 GMT

@Batfire2000 wrote:
When I look through the eye piece view finder, I can see what looks like dust. Very small in two places but it bugs me. Changed lenses not that. Clean the eye piece with a approved cloth, still there. Any suggestions?? Thanks

the dust you see is located in the mirror/focus screen area (which you can see when the lens is NOT attached). You can use a blower and blow out the dust. Don't use a lens brush as the focus screen is highly susceptible to scratches.

Normally the viewable dust is not a factor to image quality (like the dust on the sensor).