yeah, I already thought of that, and I have already put as much pressure on it as I ever will with something that if I break it, it is scrap :)
russ On 1/17/07, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Somtime last week my copperhill eclipse/pecpad/spatula kit arrived, > > and I have attempted to clean the ccd (filter) for several nights in a > > row now. (I only do a four passes or so before I get frustrated and > > quit so I don't 'hurry' and ruin something :) The two spots I am > > referred to earlier will not break free, despite 20 or so passes. I > > was starting to wonder if there was something in or on the ccd itself, > > under the filter. But if I hold my light at an angle, the shadow from > > the specks fall far enough from the speck to indicate that ths specks > > are actually on the filter. Even so... are there any known issues > > with these ccd's or filters where they may have come this way from > > pentax? I really don't think this is the case, because I have not had > > these showing in my pictures until fairly recently, I just ought to > > ask. Also, is there a more aggressive cleaning method I could try > > (besides scotch tape) or is it time to suck it up and pay the big > > bucks to have pentas or whoever do it? > > You may want to add a tiny bit more pressure during your pass, and make > extra sure the cleaning surface is parallel to the sensor. Sounds stupid, I > know, but I made that mistake a couple times when cleaning sensors at my > last job. > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

