<I have recently taken my life in may hands and used a squeezy rubber bulb type air cleaner on the CMos in my 1Ds.
It's nerve wracking - but it works. Whatever you do DO not use compressed air cans which contain propellant - and don't put the nozzle of a squeezy rubber bulb type air cleaner anywhere near the surface of the sensor. Be brave - they're only �6000 ! Adam Woolfitt (ex Chairman of the IDEA Awards -currently still in mourning > Fellow 1Ds users Thanks for the service centre info. I rushed to Canon Elstree, via Boringwood. Arrived 08.25am, left 08,45am clutching freshly cleaned chip, and camera. It took longer to get out of Elstree than it took to clean the chip and I'd resigned myself to a rebuild, expensive and without sympathy. This excellent service with two of their guys away at Wimbledon. I feel I've survived the first terrifying crisis with my 1Ds. I do foresee regular visits to Elstree though. Interestingly, I heard the sound of a high pressure air blast just before my camera reappeared. It would have been interesting to have sat in on the operation to remove the sticky and unpleasant stuff. On another matter anyone tried the Flashrax storage/viewer. Regards and thanks Andrew =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
