Deal: Free Camera Cleaning (Indiana & Ohio)

urbanaries

http://www.cordcamera.com/callme.asp?callid=pfclub

For folks in Indiana and Ohio, your local Cord Camera will clean & check your camera for free in February if you're in their photo club.

This includes air-blasting the sensor, but I believe it costs extra if it needs deep (wet) cleaning. I am not positive though, taking mine in tomorrow.

John Mueller

My local store told me they send it off to Columbus branch for the cleaning.
Wonder what the turn around time is?
Wait,I do it myself

Seymore

urbanaries wrote:

This includes air-blasting the sensor, but I believe it costs extra if it needs deep (wet) cleaning. I am not positive though, taking mine in tomorrow.

Make sure you take a stopped down pre-cleaning PIC. It helps to know that it's not coming back dirtier than it left.

jww

urbanaries wrote:

http://www.cordcamera.com/callme.asp?callid=pfclub

For folks in Indiana and Ohio, your local Cord Camera will clean & check your camera for free in February if you're in their photo club.

This includes air-blasting the sensor, but I believe it costs extra if it needs deep (wet) cleaning. I am not positive though, taking mine in tomorrow.

I personally have stayed away from Cord for the past few years... I found their sales help was helpless and had little or no information about much of the equipment I was using or interested in purchasing. The last time I went, the one in Nora was more of a scrapbook store than a camera store. I was in the neighborhood and needed an extra EL4 battery. They handed me some battery that was no bigger than a 9 volt and argued with me that it was the one I needed... even though it was for some point and shoot from another manufacture. I smiled, thanked them for their time and left. I have never been back.

I find the Roberts in downtown Indy to be much more knowledgable and employ photographers as sales staff. I have used them for anything I don't buy online from B&H.

urbanaries

jww wrote:

I personally have stayed away from Cord for the past few years... I found their sales help was helpless and had little or no information about much of the equipment I was using or interested in purchasing. The last time I went, the one in Nora was more of a scrapbook store than a camera store. I was in the neighborhood and needed an extra EL4 battery. They handed me some battery that was no bigger than a 9 volt and argued with me that it was the one I needed... even though it was for some point and shoot from another manufacture. I smiled, thanked them for their time and left. I have never been back.

I find the Roberts in downtown Indy to be much more knowledgable and employ photographers as sales staff. I have used them for anything I don't buy online from B&H.

Funny, I have been very impressed with the staff and service at the Greenwood store. They've helped me many times in the instance that Robert's downtown isn't open (their hours are terrible).

ScottMcLeod

I wouldn't go near ANYONE who's cleaning sensors by BLASTING THEM WITH COMPRESSED AIR....

*shudder*

Learn the copperhill method. My eclipse fluid + sensor swabs work damn well.

DoctorIt

ScottMcLeod wrote:

I wouldn't go near ANYONE who's cleaning sensors by BLASTING THEM WITH COMPRESSED AIR....

even if it's not compressed air, the kind of dust that sticks to a sensor does so because both have an electrostatic charge. blowing only makes things worse in there.

while i doubt the shop is doing any harm - I surely hope they are just using bulb air and not compressed - I don't think a quick bulb blowing will really do much good. this is more of a gimmick to get you in the store, IMO.