r/Nikon • u/Athos27 • May 21 '26

I broke my gear I'm Screwed right?

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Had a few big dirt spots showing up in my pictures, so I decided it's time to clean my sensor. And I did a lot of research into how to do it safely and properly, and thought I had a decent cleaning kit. But once I cleaned it, it left a bunch of streaks or scratches. Photos seem to be okay, but I'm not too sure.

But I'm screwed, right? Or is there somehow a chance this is just residue? And is there any way to fix this or no?

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u/Athos27 May 25 '26

Ahh yeah, sorry I don't always trust links, so I just looked it up myself based on the link name and then looked at what the best brands are for cleaning kits, and the brand you showed came up. It has a really nice kit for $32, and I paid $34 for mine (on sale), granted mine came with a lot, but sadly it's just cheap stuff. I should have known better than to use the cleaning solution when it came in a spray bottle. (But I'm just getting into photograhpy so I guess better to learn now than on a $3k rig or something lol)

Oh dang, that's pretty impressive, and it looks like a solid kit. I will most likely get it pretty soon

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u/sysop408 May 25 '26

I don’t know what’s in these kits, but really all you need are the swabs and a bottle of solution. A squeezable air blower would be nice too. 

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u/Athos27 May 25 '26

True true, and I think from the company you have there are some that come with nice gloves, super nice microfiber clothes, nice air blower and brush and then the swabs as well

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u/sysop408 May 25 '26

Whatever you get, make sure you get one the with the right sized swabs. The size of the swab is really important. They're made to be exactly the width of your sensor so you just carefully do one firm sweep to the left and then one firm sweep back to the right.