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#3 - Swabbing Illustration

#3 - Swabbing Illustration


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Paul Hodgson 13-Aug-2004 12:36
Just carried out my first clean. It took a lot of building up for what is quite an easy task - only thanks to this great tutorial. Ordered a SensorSwipe, eclipse and pec pads and followed procedure very carefully. After a couple of attempts I ended up with a clean image. Slow but steady is my advise. Thanks for hosting all this info, I think I would have given up on D-SLR if I hadn't read this. Also thanks to the people that posted their experiences, very important in bolstering the confidence.
paul yung 05-Mar-2004 03:44
Thank you very much for your article. I sincerely appreciate it. I have a Canon 1ds and it is just terribly with dust. I bought a blower from a sporting good store that blow out a stream of gentle air to inflat boats to clean the sensor, and it does not work. It does work in cleaning out dust inside the chamber of the camera, but not the CMOS sensor. I believe your method is the best. Thanks again!

Paul at: pbase.com/paul
Paul Casi 09-Aug-2003 01:59
It's been a year and the good old turkey baster didn't work any more. Used your technique and even thought I went thru 8 pec pads --lots of trial and error--it came out fine.

THANK YOU

Paul
Dolores Neilson 19-May-2003 02:47
Thank you for the informative and assuring way you teach this cleaning tutorial. I have had my dSLR for a month and have not attempted CCD cleaning yet. There is definitely some anxiety but I will follow your excellent tutorial step by step after I create the tools and purchase the pads. Thank you for trying to educate us and save us money too!
John's Gallery 23-Apr-2003 23:36
Thanks for all of the time and effort that you've expended helping others!
We all really appreciate it.
E. Martin 03-Apr-2003 02:23
Thanks for taking the time to post your well-written and humorous tutorial!

Somehow I got to your site a few weeks ago, found it useful the first time but lost the link because I didn't yet have a digital camera.

Now that I've just acquired the Canon EOS-10D, panic started to set in as I frantically searched for your site but eventually found it on DP Review.

Oh yeah, my brand-new 10D did come with a *ton* of dust specks. Maybe they don't put these cameras together in a clean room?

Regards,
E. Martin
wfr2 27-Mar-2003 21:37
Wow, that is quite a tutorial. I have not purchased a dslr yet but will keep your steps for the future. Thanks!
Sheila Smart 20-Mar-2003 01:14
Thanks Nick for the tutorial. I have a Canon D60 which I have cleaned once with Eclipse and pads but its in dire need for another cleaning and your instructions are very helpful.
Cheers
Sheila
Sydney, Australia
kendall leonard 04-Mar-2003 14:50
Thanks very much for this info. I have a D-1x and a D-1 and I'm always needing a good cleaning which I never had (A good one that is) Isn't it OK to just use a locking cable release to lock open the shutter ? I'm going to have to reread this to find out where to buy the eclips fluid. thanks very much...KL
Fred Gunnerson 28-Feb-2003 21:20
Thanks for all you hard work. I will try it next cleaning. I too was going through big bucks with the swabs so you just saved me a ton of cash, thanks.
Fred
RRRoger 26-Jan-2003 13:17
Thanks, The pictures are better than a thousand words.