How to Clean a Camera

Here's how to keep your camera in tip-top shape.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cleaning Cloths
• Compressed Airs
• Cleaning Cloths
• Soft-bristle Toothbrushes
• Erasers
• Cameras
• Lens Cleaner
• Lens Cloth
• Cameras

1. 

   Clean the inside of your camera by opening the back and then blowing the dust out with a can of compressed air, or with a bulb tool that blows air when you squeeze.

2. 

   Clean the lens by blowing any dust off with compressed air. Use a special lens cleaner and lens cloth to thoroughly clean the surface.

3. Wet a cloth and wring out as much water as possible. Use this cloth to clean dirt off the camera casing, making sure no water seeps into the camera's interior.

4. 

   Use a dry soft-bristle toothbrush to clean out the crevices of your camera's casing.

5. 

   Rub dirty battery contacts with a pencil eraser.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid opening a camera that has film in it - you'll expose the film and ruin the pictures.

[torchcrooner]

on 6/7/2007 I recommend staying away from using a can of compressed air to clean the lens, it can leave a small amount of condensation on the lens and that's no good!