On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul Sir, last month I bought the largest sized rocket blower for that > mighty blast of air - Giottos AA 1900. I made sure this was the > original and not a cheap Chinese copy. I intended to use it for > blasting the sensor, mirror, viewing screen, viewfinder and the lens > to dislodge dust. > > Then I decided to read up the internet for some resources and advice > on use of rocket blowers. > Here is a horror story:- > I blasted the sensor with my Rocket Air Blower a couple of times. I > then checked a blank screen shot and was horrified, When previously > there were one or two dust spots, the sensor now had a dozen. Short > story. The rubber inside the bulb of my 2-year old blower had crumbled > and let loose the havoc on the sensor. > > It is best to use a good quality sensor swab and a bottle of sensor > cleaning fluid. Even that spinning brush stuff with electrostatic > technology is suspect. That gooey swab is still worse and some were > withdrawn from the market. > > Good luck. > Bipin.
How about the Pentax O-ICK1? I'm not aware of any other camera manufacturer-provided sensor cleaning kit. Alex -- 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.
