On 16/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >> Although only Kodak and Fuji have said its ok to use the swabs and >cleaning fluid on their >> sensors, >> Nikon(and i suppose Pentax as its new)have not endorsed the product. > >Pentax sez to just use a brushless blower to clean the CCD.
You guys know me by now. I'll give almost anything a go. I'm the last person on the planet to read the instructions, usually as the detritus that was once something in perfectly good working order lays around me. However, the one thing that I would not entertain is using anything other than a blower brush *without the brush attached* on a DSLR sensor. That is, a rubber blower. Canon's official line is only to use a blower - of the kind that pumps air through a rubber chamber using the fingers to pump it. They specifically warn against using any commercially available cleaning sprays or blower sprays, claiming that the pressure and freezing action of the spray gas may damage the surface of the imaging element. They don't say anything about swabs in my manual. Personally I would not use anything that depended on contact with the sensor. .02 Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
