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Quote: I didn't mean sticking my head in!
Ah right!! Could be where I was going wrong then. 
In fact I nearly forgot,I did also try your method of just putting the camera and lens inside the bag,I figured it may perhaps be a better method following my near death experience of getting in with the camera
Anyway to cut a long story short, all appeared to be going well,my face didn't turn blue this time,which was a result,the lens changing went smoothly,even the sensor appeared relatively dust free,only trouble I found was the camera ended up full of c..p,I'm still finding it now,several months on.:-(
I'm still awaiting a response from Hovis as to why there packaging doesn't carry an appropriate warning,bloody company :-(.
I wouldn't be daft enough to make the same mistake twice though
I'm using Kingsmill (medium sliced) next time
You can't stop dust getting on your sensor - period!
You can minimize it by always using a body cap when there is no lens on the camera, not changing lenses in dusty environments etc..
Learn to clean your chip yourself or take it to a local camera repair place which offers a ccd cleaning service every few months when the dust becomes bad . Many will do it while you wait and only charge a tenner or so.
Quote: never venture outside of a clean room
Some high street photographers make a living out of this
Perhaps the reason why some people have more dust problems than others is down to the individual. After all, some seem more susceptible to getting static shocks off cars, or around the house. Maybe their own personal electrostatic field means they're walking around in a more dense dust cloud than the rest of us, and so are more likely to get some of it on the sensor.
Well it was just a thought... 
Doug
Quote: How do you prevent dust from getting on your sensor?
Don't buy a dSLR - use a film camera instead.
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