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From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Cleaning Sensors
Time to clean the sensor in the DS ... locked up the mirror and saw the
sensor thingy. It looks like there's a plastic layer over the actual
pixel
things. Correct? Is that particularly delicate or is it for protection,
and, therefore, of a durable nature?
I was thinking of using a blower brush with the brush bristles removed.
Is
that OK? Any other suggestions?
I don't think the sensor is particularly delicate, use the same caustion you
would use when cleaning a good lens.
Blower brushes may not be the best choice, as they tend to have dust sucked
inside them.
I use canned air on mine, and haven't had any problems. Make sure you don't
tip the can, and make a couple of "trial squirts" to make sure it isn't
shooting vapour.
I plan on picking up a cleaning brush at some point, on the offchance I get
something stuck to the sensor that won't blow off, but so far, I am
resisting the purchase of one of the specialty brushes. I am of the opinion
that a good quality nylon bristle make-up brush is going to be much the same
thing.
As you can probably tell, I am pretty casual about sensor cleaning......
William Robb
