Sensor Cleaning

mghaner · July 26, 2006

Has anyone here tried the sensor cleaning method as outlined in this article
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=13015113
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I know that some (read most) of you will think that this is wacked but I have to tell you that a while back I was shooting without a backup and after dumping my card into the laptop at a break I found some huge dust bunnies that I quickly found were on the sensor and not the lens. Remembering that I had seen this little trick somewhere I decided to give it a go on my D50. It took me about 4 min to do and woosh......clean sensor! I had a non related issue with the little D50 and had to send it off. I asked them to check the sensor while they had it and let me know what it looked like to them. They said that it seemed clean to them and on the test they did showed no accumlination of dust, further saying that I must use great care when changing lens. They cleaned it anyway even though it did not really need it. This tells me that there were no problems with the sensor after my elcheapo cleaning method. I dont use the care I should when changing lens for sure. I would not do this method unless I was in a jam as I was and now have the sensor swabs in both wet and dry but in a pinch I had great luck with the ST method.

BTW: If this is not in the correct area maybe a mod will move it to where it should have been posted in the first place.:clap

David_S85 · July 26, 2006

Glad it worked for you. Others might be a little leary that tape might pull off more than just dust from their sensor covers.

Have you read our lengthy sensor cleaning methods thread?

wxwax · July 27, 2006

This has been around for a while.

You couldn't pay me to put tape on my sensor.

Well, you could, but it would have to be about $3,000.

mghaner · July 27, 2006

Not the sticky side...
You dont put the sticky side on the sensor as that may well pull of something. You put the non stick on it and the dust just kind of jumps on there like a magnet or something from the static electricity or something. No way would I put the stick side on the sensor.

wxwax wrote:

This has been around for a while.

You couldn't pay me to put tape on my sensor.

Well, you could, but it would have to be about $3,000.

Nikolai · July 27, 2006

Interesting!

mghaner wrote:

You dont put the sticky side on the sensor as that may well pull of something. You put the non stick on it and the dust just kind of jumps on there like a magnet or something from the static electricity or something. No way would I put the stick side on the sensor.

I may wanna try it sometimes.. Thanks for the tip!

claudermilk · July 27, 2006

Ok, so how is using the backside of static-charged tape different from using a static-charged nylon brush that so many of us use? Just asking.

mghaner · July 27, 2006

Not have
I bet it is about the same as a static charged brush, except I did not have one of those and camera shops are not all over the place. You can almost always find the scotch tape, even at 7-11. THis was more of an emergency type deal.....I think that using a specific tool designed for the job is always better but in a pinch it is nice to know that you have something as close as your local store to take care of the problem. Some of the bunnies kinda adhear to the sensor so a wet clean would be needed anyway. My luck was such that the cheap-o method worked without any negative effects noted.

claudermilk wrote:

Ok, so how is using the backside of static-charged tape different from using a static-charged nylon brush that so many of us use? Just asking.

gus · July 27, 2006

Bit of spit on my shirt....

Sensor Cleaning

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