With so much talk about cleaning swabs and fluids, I have to point out one obvious thing. Air is far less likely to do damage to the CCD than actually physically touching and 'scrubbing' it .
My method is to use the compressed air can with the straw. Hold upright and spray a two second burst away from the camera to eliminate any propellant or fluid. Then spray into the camera for 5 seconds or so.
I've had the *ist D for 13 months. I've cleaned the sensor 5 times. Anyway, that's my experience.
Tom C.
From: "David Zaninovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: <[email protected]> Subject: CCD cleaning Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:41:25 -0500
I was cleaning my CCD yesterday with copperhill method. I did not destroy my CCD. :)
It was quite easy, I needed 4 pec-pads to remove 99% of the dust. I still have some left, I think it is stuck so it will need more
cleanings to go away. It is probably stuck because of me using the compressed air. I will not use compressed air or bulb blower
any more.
I did not find it hard to wrap pec pads around spatula as I thought by reading all the instructions and peoples opinions.
