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10/26/2003 01:18:48 AM · #1 |
| I took a bunch of photos at a DEX conference my College had this weekend. It is amazing how technology has advanced to where I could be in a workshop and take some photos of the people giving the presentation and then in less than 10 minutes later have them on a slideshow to be presented to everyone. But anyways here's my question, while at the conference I noticed on my photos that there is a hair on my CCD chip. What would be the best way to get it cleaned out. I'm scared to do anything in there. HELP!!! |
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10/26/2003 01:25:20 AM · #2 |
get one of those squeeze bulbs that blows air as you squeeze it, they work great and wont damage the sensor.
if your D100 has a mirror lock up function use that to move the mirror out of the way so you can blow it out..
thats about the safest way to get the hair out of there
James
Message edited by author 2003-10-26 01:25:39. |
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10/26/2003 03:34:28 AM · #3 |
| Put the camera into manual mode and set the shutter speed at 30 seconds. Take a pictuyre without the lens and the mirror will lock up for 30 seconds. Plenty of time to blow out any garbage. |
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10/26/2003 11:04:58 AM · #4 |
In general, blowers are a bad idea as they tend to just stir up the dust and move it around as opposed to actually removing it. Check this photo.net article on sensor cleaning. Removing a hair is probably an easy thing to do, though you may introduce (more) dust in the process. Call Nikon to see if they'll clean your sensor for you. Canon cleaned mine for free in mere minutes. The Speckgrabber mentioned in the photo.net article's comments sounds interesting (but I don't know any retailers in Toronto carrying them).
There's also a luminous landscape article on sensor cleaning you might find helpful. I've used this method myself, but it is costly, time-consuming and not entirely stress-free. I did a satisfactory job, but Canon got my sensor cleaner. |
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10/26/2003 01:38:19 PM · #5 |
| For what it's worth, the Optex Hurricane blower made mine better, though didn't clean it entirely. Mine's pretty new and had some dust in it after some pretty careless lens changes, so it might be different for those who have older cameras with lots of stuff built up inside. I hold it upside down and blow up into it. I heard of one guy who uses this method with the nozzle end of a good shop vaccuum near the mount so if anything gets dislodged it has a good chance of getting sucked up. Not sure how well this would work. I'm with woolridge on this one...I'd rather take it to Nikon than try to swab it. If the blowing doesn't work, take it in and get it done by someone who's insured to do that stuff... |
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10/27/2003 10:12:40 AM · #6 |
For getting a hair out, turn the camera upside and use a hand blower from a long distance and use as little air as possible. Move your blower closer until it gets the hair out. Don't squeeze hard (or too close) or you WILL cause dust to unsettle in the camera and fall on the sensor.
Personally, I clean mine using the methods from the Luminous-Landscape article. The D100 is an expensive camera and should be dealt with as such. You can't own the Mercedes and expect to pay Ford maintence. So, get prepared for the future and buy the Eclipse fluid and swabs and clean your camera periodically. Or, find a friend and split the costs and materials. Or, as someone mentioned, perhaps a dealer will do it for you (I don't think this is typical).
- Dave |
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10/27/2003 02:04:02 PM · #7 |
I just went thru my first cleaning. I used the tools & technique posted here. I got this link from one of the posts following the photo.net article. Works marvelously.
Man, that sensor was dirty!
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