Just got my 30D, but.....

[stu.artd]

...the sensor is a dusty/dirty mess.

Only got the camera this afternoon, along with a 60mm 2.8 Macro and 50mm 1.8 MKII. Took some flower macros but noticed suspicious looking spots in the same places. Looked through the viewfinder at a flat coloured surface and could clearly see dust/spots that's not supposed to be there.

Obviously I'm not very happy with this. I have a 2 year old 300d that has one small piece of dust on the sensor (probably from changing lenses outside on numerous occassions, no matter how careful I was) but the 30d is in a far worse state and is brand new. I have tried using a blower but with little success, it did get rid of some larger spots but I'm still left with this, as below.

Any recommendations ?

 

[stu.artd]

Don't be ridiculous, im sorry, but at f/22... that's great. Hardly any dots, and they dont even show up well at f/22.

That's your shot with the levels adjusted...

I'll say it again, don't be ridiculous.

There's no need to say that anyone is being ridiculous.

I'd adjusted it like that as well, but left it as the white background as I didn't want to appear to be amplifying the problem. I took the shot at f22 to make sure I could see as many of the dust spots as possible.
As I said earlier, it's worse than my 2 year old 300D.

I can see at least one of them clearly in the viewfinder at all times, that's after getting rid of some others earlier tonight.

You're certainly entitled to an opinion and comment but the tone's just not appreciated or required.

 

[stu.artd]

Thanks SCM.

This might be a silly question as I'd think the answer is yes, but I'll ask anyway as I haven't done this before.

Can you clean the mirror as well ?

 

[stu.artd]

Thanks for the replies and info.

I'll get a rocket blower ordered along with some sensor cleaning swabs and eclipse fluid. No doubt I'll need it in the future, so looking on the bright side - getting it now means I don't have to worry about it later.