Yeah, I'll probably eat my words one of these days. :)
Tom C.
From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: Tom C <[email protected]> Subject: Re: CCD cleaning Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:11:52 -0800
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.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
