Dirty sensor...

[TheStoat]

...you bad sensor you!

OK so I'm back from France, I've rebuilt my laptop (stupid dead hard disc) and now my first post is not to display a picture of some excessively cute feral kittens but to ask how to clean the sensor...

Obviously I've gone over it with one of those puffy thingies after following the instructions for the 20D. Unfortunately I can see something that looks like water marks on the sensor and the exact same blemishes appear on shots regardless of which lense I use. Last thing I want to do is go at the sensor with some Windolene and a dish cloth so how do you clean a sensor? Is it a forgone conclusion to send it to a specialist?

Thanks for any pointers,

Andy

[poah]

buy yourself an artic butterfly. bit overpriced but work well and puts no chemicals on the sensor

[UKBob]

poah said:

buy yourself an artic butterfly. bit overpriced but work well and puts no chemicals on the sensor

Do you have one Poah?

[poah]

I have a sensor brush yes

[speed8]

poah said:

buy yourself an artic butterfly. bit overpriced but work well and puts no chemicals on the sensor

It was recommended to me and yes it is a hefty price for a brush and it took three weeks to get to me but it seems to work very well.

[UKBob]

poah said:

I have a sensor brush yes

I meant the AB, not just any brush...

[poah]

I have the brush that the AB uses but not the wee motor for twising it.

[joust]

Either these
www.intemos.com/

or the Copperhill method
Description here
www.copperhillimages.com/index.php?pr=Tutorials1
and here
www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning
and here
www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/

Results here
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/rea

You can order them here
www.chili-pix.ch/shop/
or here
www.warehouseexpress.com/index.cfm?photo/cleaning/digipad.html
(although warehouse express don't sell the 'spatulas'.
or where I get it from here
www.micro-tools.com/Merchant2/e_psi.htm

Make sure you get a rocket blower as well.

J