CCD Cleaning

[Blade]

http://www.intemos.com/dslrclean.asp

Hi all,
Has anyone used these?

Have just purchased a second-hand S2 Pro and am going to give it a good all over clean, and advice on sensor cleaning would be appreciated,

Kindest regards

[Blade]

Hi,
Have gone with @Sensor Swabs, am just waiting for them to arrive,

Kind Regards all,

[jasonbrian007]

Hi

I've never tried those but I do use the Eclipse & Sensor Swabs

http://www.photosol.com/s2_clean_ccd.pdf

They do the trick, ( But as always, you do so at your own risk )

Jason :cheers:

[Blade]

Hi Jason,

Yup downloaded the same pdf file to use,
Had no problems, blower first then used a sensor brush on the mirror box, and finally swab on the ccd,

I have also used pecpad on the lens that came with the S2, this also does a fine job,

A little tip that i found worked well, i purchased a headlight, you know those small lcd lights that fit round your head, a bit like the old miners lamps, looks silly indoors, but it leaves your hands free (Very important), and also shows up any dust marks that you need to clean.


Kind Regards

[esp377@frontier]

The SENSOR SWABS are the best to use. Only one swipe across the sensor.

NEVER EVER USE a GAS POWERED BLOWER. This could cause major problems with the sensor. Also, because of the velocity of the gas, it creates a vacumm on the sensor and attracts more dust. It's called the Bernullu principle.

Eli

[Steve P]

A question, how often should you clean these sencors? I've had my S3 since Jan but haven't got round to cleaning it yet.

Steve

[Wilm]

Steve,
a cleaning period really depends on many things:

- When you often change your lens in a dusty environment, the change to get dust is bigger than in a clean-room.

- The bajonett of a lens is not dust-tight. It also depends on the environment you are shooting. I shoot very often in wet mines, so there is really no dust. When I am shooting in salt-slates the complete air is filled with salt-fog which destroys the camera as the sensor.

- When you are shooting mostly landscapes and nature, lets say the F-setting don't went higher than F8, you need a monster specle to see it on the photo.

- When you shoot mostly macros, even with a bellows you will see, that your CCD is muddy like hell.

I would promise to clean the CCD when you see a specle in a major picture area. These areas are the sky and the center.

I have started cleaning with sensor-swabs, but more than 80$ for 12 swabs was to expensive for me. I am now using pure methanol-alcohol and self-bended pec-pads on a silicon spatula. Works great and is cheap.

Hope this answers your questions a little bit.

:cheers:
Wilm

[Steve P]

Thanks Wilm,

I've had a few blobbs that I have blown off but that's about it! Depite this it's something that needs thinking about. Consider the inside of a car windsreen, it may look clean enough with the naked eye but run a cloth across it and a film of grime is removed.

Just my thoughts on the subject.

Steve