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PSA: I bought a $40 digital microscope for sensor cleaning and it's a game changer

I was tired of guessing with a loupe on high-end mirrorless sensors. This cheap USB scope plugs right into my laptop screen, giving me a clear 800x view of every speck. It showed me I was missing tiny oil spots from shutter mechanisms on some older DSLRs. Now I can be sure a sensor is actually clean before I close the camera up. Anyone else using something like this instead of a traditional loupe?
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anderson.sandra
Which model did you go with? I've been thinking about getting one because my old loupe just doesn't cut it for spotting those faint smears. I found that using the scope with the sensor cleaning mode on really helps lock everything in place so you can see the real gunk.
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anthony_wells
My old loupe was basically a fancy paperweight.
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