To Ken and the group,
Sensor cleaning is the first serious problem every DSLR owner faces. All the
major manufacturers play cute on the subject, telling owners to use an ear
syringe or send it to an authorized facility for cleaning. Neither
suggestion is useful.
Until the problem is solved by the camera makers, we are on our own. You
will have to master two techniques: dry and wet cleaning. When stuff is
really stuck to the cover glass (the real sensor is not exposed) I have been
successful with the wet cleaning outlined in the excellent tutorial on this
website: http://www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning
For dry cleaning the sensor, I have been pleasantly surprised by the
effectiveness of the "Arctic Butterfly" (not my name!) from Visible Dust. I
needed a dry brush for use on location and this nice package was ready to
travel. It works so well, I rarely use the alcohol swabbing now. There are a
number of less expensive dry brushes now which may or may not work as well.
Stan Patz NYC
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.PatzImaging.com
Can I ask those of you using DSLRs how often you are finding it necessary
to clean the sensor? After only week of (fairly heavy) use, I just had my
first instance of sensor dust. The manual-recommended method with the
rubber bulb blower solved it, but I just wonder how much I need to overhaul
my lens-changing technique, or if this is a fairly common occurrence no
matter how careful one is. Do the 1 series DSLRs have less of a problem
with sensor dust?
TIA
Ken
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