Hello Tom, Until just recently (past month) I have been the same as you. Dust removal via canned air. It has worked pretty well for 2 years. But I finally developed some dust spots in each camera that would not move with blasts of air. That is when I finally got the Copper Hill method. That took care of them. Seems that both kinds of solutions will work in certain circumstances.
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 10:48:14 AM, you wrote: TC> FWIW, I don't think that blowing with a high speed stream of air just blows TC> it around inside the camera. The camera body is quite a shallow 'well'. I TC> suspect, and practice seems to back up, that dust (at least the vast TC> majority) is blasted out the front, since the air stream is reflected and TC> directed back, that's the only place it has to go. Not trying to TC> forcefully argue the point. TC> It just seems to me that there's so much excess angst regarding sensor TC> cleaning and the infinite splitting of hairs over *the* method. TC> Manufacturers of cleaning systems and supplies have much to gain by making TC> this a critical issue. TC> In my particular circumstances and usage I don't find sensor dust to be a TC> major issue. I've never had anything actually stuck on the sensor. Just TC> small pieces of dust laying on it. I clean the sensor, it takes less than 30 TC> seconds, and I'm back shooting again. TC> Tom C. >>From: "David Zaninovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: CCD cleaning >>Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:07:54 -0500 >> >>I don't know, maybe it is not possible to get stuck dust from compressed >>air but I don't need to use it any more since pec pads work >>fine and actually remove the dust, not just move it around in the camera. >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:54 AM >>Subject: RE: CCD cleaning >> >> >> > I find it hard to understand how using compressed air would *make* dust >> > stick to a CCD, unless fluid was deposited with the air. That's easily >> > avoidable. >> > >> > 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. >> > > >> > >> > >>
