Possible to remove sensor dust on compact camera?

NotAGolf

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I've just got back from honeymoon only to find nearly all my pictures have a nice dark 'smear' in the corner of the shot :mad:. After some googling it sounds like I have some dust on the sensor. It's not a mark on the lens itself.

The problem here is that it's a compact camera (Fuji f50fd). All the guides I've seen online relate to DSLR's. Is it possible to clean the sensor on a compact? If so how?

I've seen a couple of dodgy looking clips on youtube that involve dropping it (gently) and using a vacuum over the lens, but I don't want to try anything potentially damaging as I have an underwater housing for the camera which I would like to carry on using. The dust spot doesn't really affect underwater shots since it's rarely a nice uniform background so you can't see it.

Thanks for any help.
 
Thanks for the advice guys. I'll give Fuji a shout but it's over 5 years old now so I doubt they'd touch it. The cost of servicing it will probably be close to the cost of a new camera.

I can tidy up the images using photoshop but it's a bit of a pain to do that every time I take some photos.

I think I'll just bite the bullet and buy a new camera. Any suggestion for a compact for around the £100 mark? I've had a quick look and got 4 contenders at the minute:

- Samsung WB250F
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ35EB
- Sony DSCWX200
- Nikon COOLPIX S3500

I know it's only a compact, but I need to save for a new kitchen and a car so the DSLR will have to wait for a year or two!
 
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