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07/22/2005 07:04:00 PM · #1 |
About a month ago I ordered a cleaning set from Copperhill and today I finally got around to using it. I am really impressed with how well it worked and how easy it was to use - one swab and most of the dust is gone (see below). The kit itself was pretty cheap and the only other thing I had to buy were some powder free latex gloves.
I used up a couple pec-pads to figure out how to fold them right and did a couple practice swabs on a CD jewel case just to figure out the swabbing.
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P.S. I hope this doesn't sound like an advertisement - some people get mad at that. I just didn't see any posts like this so I figured some people might be interested.
Message edited by author 2005-07-23 12:19:08.
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07/23/2005 12:19:51 PM · #2 |
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07/23/2005 12:25:41 PM · #3 |
I still haven't gotten up the nerve to try this. It's been a year since I sent the camera to Nikon for cleaning, and it's been accumulating dust (not very much fortunately).
I am just so scared that I'll break or damage something.
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07/23/2005 12:27:21 PM · #4 |
It's a great way to clean sensors. I've now done it a dozen times and it's no big deal. I think people sometimes have a hard time making it work because they don't apply enough pressure ... probably hardly touching the "sensor". Just make sure your battery is fully charged.
The whole procedure takes me less than 5 minutes, including making a sensor swab with a Pec Pad.
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07/23/2005 12:32:58 PM · #5 |
One of these days, real soon, I will have to try it. The camera is over a year old, sooooo, why worry, right?
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07/23/2005 12:42:49 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Jacko:
The whole procedure takes me less than 5 minutes, including making a sensor swab with a Pec Pad. |
Once I got a couple practice runs out of the way, thats about all it took me. I though to myself 'this really seems like it should have taken much longer'. Do make sure though, that you read through and understand all of his tutorial, it'll make things go alot smoother! |
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07/23/2005 12:50:43 PM · #7 |
i just use canned air and blow it in there in little incrents, it seems to do the job
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07/23/2005 12:55:35 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Fetor:
i just use canned air and blow it in there in little incrents, it seems to do the job |
It says on this website
Note: Do not use any sort of "canned air" for this. It may be too powerful and the types that are liquid driven can "spit" liquid in the gas stream and if that happens you can wave bye-bye to your sensor. They may also freeze the sensor, which again could result in damage.
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07/23/2005 12:56:53 PM · #9 |
i think its ok, i hold it far away and spray it where no extremely cold air comes out, i know of a few people that do it and dont have any sensor problems
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07/23/2005 01:24:21 PM · #10 |
Right on Cory, The canned air works just fine, I use it each time the lens comes off or one goes on, Just avoid spraying into the camera body, spray it 90 degrees to the mount and it produces a nice swirl effect, Have never had any sensor dust this way its always clean, spray the lens before it goes on and spray the mount before it goes off...
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