Cleaning DSLR Sensor

[m12_nathan]

Anyone tried DSLRClean by www.intemos.com/ ?

if not what do you use to get rid of dust?

Any D70 owners fancy telling me how to lock the mirror up (can't find book at the moment).

[Bee_Jay]

I haven't tried that, I use either digipads and eclipse from www.warehouseexpress.com (Digital, Accessories, Cleaning Equipment, CCD cleaning), or I use a pecpad and eclipse wrapped around the copperhill spatula.

Scary first time, but after that, a matter of seconds and spotless every time...

[Mad Dave]

Theres a mirror lockup facility in one of the menus on the D70 - enable it, press the shutter and the mirror will stay up until you switch the camera off.

[GetCarter]

Tried to clean myself once... worst decision of the decade.

Now send it away to get it done - about every 24 months.

IMHO

[luca brazzi]

Just read about the Intemos thing....looks interesting, but I think I'm with GetCarter on this.

Never tried cleaning them myself, and too scared to make things A LOT WORSE.

Annoyingly, there are a couple of marks on the new 20D, but don't know where to take it for a clean that can be recommended to do a good job, rather than bu99er things up further.

Any recommendations?
LB

[m12_nathan]

I can pop into Nikon in kingston where they'll clean it for free while you wait but don't want to have to take the morning off work to do it. What went wrong with your Steve? The method I'm looking at is dry, either the one I posted or simply an air buld directed at the CMOS.

My camera has a huge bit of dust which shows up on about 90% of photos (including most of my honeymoon ones ).

[simpo two]

I got some crud on the sensor (I think a taxying P-51D Mustang blew it there at an airshow!) but it disappeared after I did some table-top work with the camera pointing straight down. The vibration over 50+ shots must have freed it - worth a go?

[GetCarter]

I followed the instructions on a Nikon website - but I'm rubbish at anything like that and it ended up with about twice the crap on it.

So I now send my camera off to www.graysofwestminster.com about every 18 months - for a clean and an MOT (bits of rubber fall off from time to time!)

[Bacardi]

Step by step how to clean here:

www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning

Sounds scarier than it is. After the first couple of goes you will have confidence not to pussyfoot around too much.

For those really stubborn specs, use a cut down Brillo pad dipped in some Mr muscle sink unblocker and give it a really good scrub....... that usually clears it

Tips on using a blower to clean your sensor, second from last link here:

http://images.photoworkshop.com/media/index.html

If you want the Giottos Rocket Air Blower seen in the movie you can buy them here:

www.hiltonphoto.co.uk/products/camera_care.html

Get the large one. I have had good success with them for in the field dust offs, much better than the usual small blowers but not dangerous like canned air.

If you're in London, another pro place that will clean while you wait is Fixation:

www.fixationuk.com/news.htm

but they will charge you £25 +Vat

HTH

[m12_nathan]

Cheers for all the advice - got the dry cleaning solution from the link in my first post - turned up in 3 days, worked well, dust gone

Cheers

[simpo two]

marketing b*shit said:

sticks have a soft lint-free tip that contains hundreds of micropores. When they a swept across the surface of a sensor, they create a mini vacuum that literally sucks up the dust from the sensor.

Yeah right! But at least it works - somehow! - for you.
'Balanced micro-Retinol' anyone?

[m12_nathan]

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[V6GTO]

I cleaned mine last night with no problems. I'd been for a walk along the beach with the 100-400. When I downloaded the pictures the last three were filthy, at least twenty specks of dust! I don't know how they got there so suddenly but a good going over with a puffer and it's now clean as a whistle.

Martin.