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That guy who told me to clean my Nikon's mirror box with a Q-tip was dead wrong

I had a speck of dust on my D90's viewfinder last summer and some random on a photography forum said to just use a cotton swab. I did it gently and now there's a scratch right across the mirror that I can't unsee. Anyone else get burned by bad camera maintenance advice from strangers online?
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rosejackson
rosejackson1mo agoTop Commenter
Oh man, I feel your pain! I had to buy a whole new camera body after ruining my old one by blowing too hard into the sensor well and damaging the shutter.
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gracecarr
gracecarr1mo ago
Wait, you actually damaged a SHUTTER by blowing into the camera?
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