DO YOU HESITATE TO CHANGE DSLR LENS IN THE FIELD?

Thursday, November 17, 2005

There was a time when I used to be extra careful and do my best to avoid changing lenses when I am out. Scare of dust was always there, and I might have even missed out a few images I would have shot if not for the fact that I had to change the lens.

Yesterday, I was reading a thread on this topic in a photography forum which made me recall this again. Despite taking enough care, I still ended up with some dust on the my DSLR sensor and some stupid things I did later made it all worse for me. But now I am out of all that and never think twice before changing the lenses, thanks to my sensor cleaning kit.

I now feel just as safe to change the lenses as I would do in a film SLR. And I am fairly convinced that until the manufacturers find a permanent solution for dust, every DSLR owner must keep a sensor cleaning kit handy. And since you will end up with dust anyway despite being very careful, there is no point missing out on shooting something rather than skipping it. I would not hesitate to say that a sensor cleaning kit is as much essential as a battery charger in digital photography!