sensor cleaning

Bolerus · 26 Apr 2007 at 21:46

well it looks like i have to clean my sensor, I have bought a kit, which is made up of 4 sensor swipes, some pec pads (10) and some eclipse fluid

but in honesty I am finding that I am too scaredy cat to do it, does any body know how much shops charge, and or has any body cleaned their own and actually had a problem with it

the last thing I want to do is ruin my sensor but I guess this is an aspect of dslrs that has to be done.

any opinions would be duly considered, either to ease my mind or to tip me over the balance to get it done by a shop

Bolerus · 26 Apr 2007 at 22:05

tried rocket blower first, not moving it, needs a "proper" clean

Bolerus · 27 Apr 2007 at 09:43

i have read a few guides

but there is one thing i am unsure about, and bneing unsure on this alone make me unsure whether to attempt it

the guides all say put 2 - 4 drops of elcipse on the tip of the sensor wipe (or pec pad if you are going with the make your own method)

do a swipe along the sensor, then turn the sensor swipe over and swipe again.

now a few of the guides have an embolded "never use a dry sensorswipe or pecpad"

so one you have swiped one way (with one side of the sensorswipe) do you re-apply eclispe to the other side of the sensor swipe, or will it have sufficiently moistened from the one lot of 2 - 4 dropplets?

Bolerus · 27 Apr 2007 at 09:52

Fstop11 said:
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I really do think people are doing the rocket blower way wrong.

could you perhaps explain how you do it m8, if i am doing it wrong with the blower, and there is a more effective way, that means I dont have to scare myself silly cleaning the sensor...

Bolerus · 27 Apr 2007 at 14:21

Thanks for that, I will give that method a try when I get home.

Bolerus · 27 Apr 2007 at 17:32

OMG fstop I think i love you

IT WORKED. I still have some dust on the viewfinder, so i may have to get the pecpad on that, but the sensor is clean now, im a happy bunny

Bolerus · 27 Apr 2007 at 21:28

is eclipse and pec pads ok to use on the viewfinder (or watever you call the viewfinder bit that is actually inside the camera) I have a few bits on there, also looks like a little scratch as well

so, the second question is, are they replaceable, obviously anything on there doesent show up on photgraphs, but still nice to have them clear when you look through them