Just a very basic question. I make my pictures with a Nikon D90 camera with an AF-S Nikkor 18-105 mm lens. I have the camera now for something like three years, made numerous pictures and I am very happy with the results. However, now it comes to ‘maintenance’,
As I am travelling a lot through undeveloped areas in South East Asia which are generally very dusty my camera is equally dirty from the outside. Once in a while, after coming back from a trip, I clean the outside of the body with some ‘rags’.
So far I have never removed the lens. Reason for this is primarily that I have only one lens (yes, I should learn more about lenses and buy perhaps some more) and furthermore I don’t like the idea of changing lenses in dusty areas. My gut feeling is that as long as you do not remove the lens also no dust etc can enter the body.
Should I remove the lens to clean the connection area between the lens and the body ? Should I also use (once in a while) the option of cleaning the mirror ? If so, would it be an idea to have this all done by a specialist ? Also other practical tips are more than welcome.
Hope for some practical advice.