Hi Leon.
Ahhh dust on the CCD.<g>Mine was so bad i took it to Nikon here in Toronto over
Christmas
for them to
clean.Did a good job to.
The swabs and solution is only endorsed by Kodak and Fuji.Nikon does not recommend
home
cleaning,but to send to them,at$100.00 Canadian a pop.LOL
Many of the people of the Nikon D1 BB clean there own,but i'm to chicken to try. They
seem
to say its a
simple enough proccess and some have info on websites.
I'll see if i can locate in my book marks for you
Use a hand blower,not by mouth,cause if you get any spital on it thats bad. I think
that
was my problem.
Apparently fixing a scratched ccd filter is expensive.
Dave
>
> As with most of the people on this list (or so it seems) I am becoming
> to rely more and more on my *istD over my film based cameras. One of
> the major problems I have with it though is dust on the CCD. Most of
> the time I can blow this off and I just have to reshoot a few shots.
> Last time I had to send it away overnight while CR Kennedy cleaned it
> for me - they did a good job, but I hate being without something I rely
> on. Particularly when I am away for 4 days with not enough Kodachrome
> to cover everything.
>
> I would like to hear from anyone who has bought and used the cleaning
> swabs that Nikon recommend for the same sensor in their cameras. Did
> it work? Did you scratch the CCD and end up with an expensive repair
> you are too embarrased to talk about? Are they easy/hard to use (I'm
> an electronics technician and have small nimble fingers that should
> manage ok)?
>
> All replies thankfully received.
>
>
> Leon
>
> http://www.bluering.org.au
> http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
>
>
