I have had the "sticky stuff" on one corner of my D1 for a while.Its about $100 to
clean
at Nikon
Mississauga in Toronto.
I know its doable,just cannot work up the nerve to try it myself.
Dust is a real problem with these cameras.I heard the first orders of D1x's came with
free
dust.lol
Dave
> So I did it.
>
> The anti-aliasing filter of my *istD finally got some sticky crud on it that
> the CO2 wouldn't blow off. I suspect that the stuff came out of the 24-90 I
> just bought from KEH, which came packed in styrofoam, always a problem with
> static. Add to that the highly charged CCD, and WHAMMO! Dust magnet.
>
> I considered sending the whole unit to Dog knows where to get it looked at
> (Pentax Vancouver being out of business), but heard that it's $70 a shot.
> As the camera ages, this problem is bound to get worse, so I firured I'd
> better get conversant with the mthod right now. I looked at a couple of
> sites on the Web, and with fear in my heart, I resolved to clean the thing
> myself.
>
> I bought some Eclipse and some PecPads, and cut a Superstore card to be
> slightly less wide than the CCD. I wore powder-free latex gloves, changed
> the batteries and locked the shutter and mirror open, and went to work.
>
> The results are flawless. A few drops of Eclipse on the PecPad, wrapped
> around the credit card sliver, and one wipe in each direction (GENTLY!), and
> the crud is gone. I was certainly nervous about doing it, and I still
> wouldn't want to do this all the time, but it can be done without damage to
> the CCD. I've read that you should use the AC adapter for this kind of
> thing, but I don't have one, so I just used fresh NiMHs.
>
> I also considered buying the swabs specifically designed for CCDs, but they
> are $12 each. I know that's cheaper than a new CCD, but I'm just not
> willing to be held ranson like that. I read a few accounts of doing it this
> way, is I figured I'd go for it.
>
> As an aside, the place I phoned to get the supplies is probably the most
> pro-oriented shop in Vancouver, which seems to translate into the fact that
> they hold Pentax 35mm (or D-SLRs) in a certain amount of contempt. They
> asked me what I had - D1, D100, Canon monster, and I said, "Nope, Pentax."
> He made that scoffing noise: "Pfft! - one of those little star thingies,
> whatever they call 'em?" "Yup," said I. He asked, "You got dust on it
> already?" I said, "Yup."
>
> He said, "I didn't think those things had been out long enough to have dust
> on them."
>
>
