How to clean the sand from the camera

Photographing at the beach can be an enjoyable activity for owners of digital cameras, photographers and begin advanced photographers. You can take interesting pictures on the beach, with vibrant colors and interesting textures.

However, the beach be a dangerous place for your digital camera, too. Sandstorms, humidity and deep water can cause irreversible damage to the camera. It is important to protect your camera from the elements when you are on the beach, especially the avoidance of sand. If the unit flooded with small grains of sand that could scratch the lens housing, the ruins of the internal electronics and buttons and dials butcher. These tips will help the camera to clean the sand out of a camera.

• If you go to the beach, it is advisable to have a camera bag or backpack with something, make one to hold the camera until use. The bag will provide protection against sandstorms, for example. Not use the camera to take a picture out of his pocket.
• For extra protection, consider using a plastic bag that can be sealed like a sack of "Zip-Lock" for storage. Seal the bag, if you do not use the camera, it will be protected from sand and moisture conditions. Put the plastic bag into a camera bag offers double protection.
• With a camera more or one that is cheaply made, the housing of the device and the key does not seal as strong as it should be, possibly leading to small particles of sand in the camera. The plastic bag can help with this problem.
• If you try to clean small particles of sand lens is a small soft brush, the best method to remove the sand. Hold the camera lens facing the ground. Brush the lens from the center to the edges. Then use the brush in a circular to the edges of the lens gently move the sand particles to be removed.
• The small, soft brush works well to remove particles of sand in the joints of the body of the camera, keys of the world and around the LCD screen. A microfiber cloth works well, too. If you do not brush available, you can easily access the areas in which you can blow up to see the sand.
• As a general rule, do not use compressed air to blow the sand away from any part of the camera. The force behind the compressed air is very strong, and it could actually blow sand particles inside the camera when the joints as strong as it should be are not. Compressed air can also blow the particles through the lens scratches. Avoid canned air if you have sand in your camera.