Bought a second hand camera and when inspecting the sensor I found fingerprints on it.
What should I do? Should I:
1) return it;
2) try and clean the sensor; or
3) have a professional sensor clean?
Would be grateful for the opinion of the many helpful folks in the #photography community here.
Howard Cheng
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2025-04-14 23:20:33 UTC
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