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23 Jun 2008, 14:35 (Ref:2235764)
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A little advice please
A little practicle advice please...Dust Spots.
THe advice really is really a recomendation for cleaning the sensor. On the web I've seen swabs of all types and sizes, with and apparently without fluids. Sensor clean pens, sensor wand cleaning Kits, sensor pen kits. The variations seem endless. The information on what size and type for different camera brands and models also seems contradictory at best. So your knowledge and recomendations for which to purchase would be great. The cameras in question are a Cannon 400D and a Nikon D40. Thanks in advance SBF |
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23 Jun 2008, 15:59 (Ref:2235824)
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I have used an Arctic butterfly and found it to be reasonably good. Some dust can get welded to the sensor however and I have had mixed results using swabs and fluid. When its been really bad I have sent the bodies away for a pro clean.
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23 Jun 2008, 20:29 (Ref:2236063)
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Blower and a little brush, but make sure it's soft.
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23 Jun 2008, 23:59 (Ref:2236224)
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Depending on the severity of the contamination, I tend to use a combination of Rocket air blower, compressed air (not direct onto sensor) and sensor swabs with eclipse fluid
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24 Jun 2008, 09:17 (Ref:2236409)
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Get an Olympus.
The dust buster (SSWF in jargon speak) REALLY does work. I have 2 E-1s, and NEVER cleaned the sensor on either. No need. They do it themselves... I believe the Rocket Blower thing is a favourite, but I am told this can just hide the dust somewhere in the mirror box, ready to fall out and clog up the sensor once more... |
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24 Jun 2008, 14:06 (Ref:2236570)
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Th new d3/300 from nikon has it too.
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24 Jun 2008, 15:38 (Ref:2236626)
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All reporting I've seen thus far indicates the Olympus SSWF is still the best dust buster out there.
Canon have one, so do Nikon. Plenty of folk still getting out the blower/wet wipes... Oh, and all those doing this? You are NOT cleaning the sensor, but a hard glass filter in front of the sensor. Not quite as scary, but still a pain. See Mike Hoyer's Flickr for further info! 
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24 Jun 2008, 19:15 (Ref:2236736)
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Thank for reminding me to upload the clean version. But yeah, this is what happens when you don't clean a camera you haven't used for two years...
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24 Jun 2008, 19:49 (Ref:2236769)
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It's even worse than mine!
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24 Jun 2008, 20:00 (Ref:2236775)
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Well next time I use it hopefully I will remember...
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25 Jun 2008, 17:18 (Ref:2237401)
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I use the rocket to blow the dust off the sensor, then tip the body face down with the cap off and use the compressed air with an extension to get in behind the mirror. I normally leave it face down for 10-15 mins so that any airborne dust settles on the worktop not in the camera. Last thing I do is swab the sensor carefully. Seems to work OK for me. |
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25 Jun 2008, 23:15 (Ref:2237654)
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And they tell me dust busters should work only when I turn the camera OFF?
 Er, no. At switch on. **** goes onto sticky 'fly paper', not on the pictures.  I was shooting RAF tankers at Brize Norton on Monday, and got a scare. A blip on some clear sky. Thankfully it turns out to be a bird...  Oly may not be as good at some stuff, but boy did they get the dust buster sorted from day 1. 
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