Paul As ever, you have to decide for yourself what is safe to use, but In the following order I use:
1 Blower (no brush)- a large rubber bulb thing 2 Visible dust brush - an expensive mistake which, in my experience, has never removed anything that the blower failed to dislodge. 3 A sensor swipe from Copper Hill. This is a plastic swab which you cover with a lint free PecPad and lubricate with Eclipse cleaning fluid. This has worked without fail (and without mishap) for me. There's a really good tutorial on their site. http://www.copperhillimages.com/ As I recall, they couldn't ship the Eclipse fluid overseas so I bought the rest of the kit from them and sourced the Eclipse locally. Of course, there is always risk when using something that touches the sensor but, providing the guidelines for cleanliness and usage are followed rigorously, my experience gives me the confidence to continue using it. I've only had to use the Sensor Swipe half a dozen times in 5 or 6 years. (*isd D and K10D). I've yet to use it on the K7 but won't have any qualms when I have to. Hope this helps Chris > > From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/09/07 Mon PM 03:06:20 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: sensor cleaning kit > > After five years of digital, I have finally encountered a piece of > dirt that my ear blower won't dislodge. It's a small black spec in the > middle of my K7D sensor, invisible to the naked eye -- at least to my > naked eye. But it's definitely dirt, because it's size varies with the > aperture selected and it shows up on the dust alert test as a small dot. > > What's the best cleaning tool available? Preferably one that's > somewhat idiot proof. > > Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > Chris Mitchell [email protected] http://www.fatfreddyscat.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
