> My *ist D has become a pain in the bum!I am
continually
having to clean the
> innards of it due to little black spots appearing all over the shots.I have
> placed a new focussing screen in it to no avail,checked and recked my
> lenses(and cleaned them)to no avail.My blower has collapsed from over use.Am
> now thinking of using a vacuum cleaner to suck out the dust.Can anybody
> please offer some sensible advice as to some other methods.Otherwise it is
> back to the shop I suppose.
> Waiting in breathless anticipation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Regards Christopher Kennedy
>
>
Had/have the same problem with my D1.The blower would take of most but not all and from
what i
hear on the net and NikonD1 BB that after a while the filter gets minutely sticky and
the
dust will not
come off with a blower.For that a swab clean is needed.Most on the Nikon BB do it them
selves with a
cleaner and swab kit.Me i'm a chicken and had Nikon Canada do it.Sounds like you may
have
to resort
to this method.
Do a Google on ccd cleaning.Lots of info out there.However this home method is only
approved by
Kodak and Fuji,not Nikon and probably Pentax,but i have not checked in a while.
Its about $100.00 Canadian per clean so it adds up.The biggest PITA as far as DSLR's
go i
think.
Dave
