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08/06/2004 10:18:23 PM · #1 |
| Got my Pec Pads and Eclipse today and I just finished cleaning my sensor, It was really dirty but it looks like i got rid of about 95% the spots. There are a few stubborn small ones on a couple of the edges. But ill get those another time. Even the focusing screen had dirt on it. But talk about stress, its like open heart surgery on your camera, not as bad as I thought it would be. |
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08/06/2004 10:35:48 PM · #2 |
Excellent. I got my pec pads and Eclipse yesterday in the mail. I'm just waiting for the sensor swab tool from that PBase site showing how to swab the sensor (sorry don't have the linke handy).
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08/06/2004 10:37:53 PM · #3 |
Where did you buy the Pecs and the Eclipse Jacko? Most places won't mail it because of the flammable nature of eclipse fluid.
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08/06/2004 10:40:44 PM · #4 |
Let me think about this...
Jacko...pec pads...Jacko...pec pads...
Sounds like a moobs issue to me. ;o)
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08/06/2004 10:41:06 PM · #5 |
| I got mine from Adorama.com |
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08/06/2004 10:41:53 PM · #6 |
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08/06/2004 10:47:54 PM · #7 |
1. Here is the link: //www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning
2. Pec Pad and Eclipse source in Canada. What's amazing is I ordered it last weekend and got just 2 days later for something like $3 shipping.
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08/06/2004 11:06:17 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by laurielblack:
Let me think about this...
Jacko...pec pads...Jacko...pec pads...
Sounds like a moobs issue to me. ;o) |
LOL
funny
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08/06/2004 11:29:55 PM · #9 |
When your sensor just has a speck, I recommend the speck grabber. Some of you may scoff, but when I don't want to waste a pec pad on one speck of dirt, this pen I can stick in my camera bag is a lifesaver.
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08/07/2004 01:14:57 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by wwwavenger:
When your sensor just has a speck, I recommend the speck grabber. Some of you may scoff, but when I don't want to waste a pec pad on one speck of dirt, this pen I can stick in my camera bag is a lifesaver. |
I hate to differ, but what does a Pec Pad cost? I will never put anything on my sensor that lives in my bag where my lens pen lives. The copperhill pec pad cleaning technique recommends pulling out your pec padsout of the sealed zip lock bag where they live, with tweezers, to be sure of cleanliness. That may be just a touch too paranoid for me, but I'm not going to be grinding on my CMOS with the good old speck grabber that has grabbed, and may still hold onto many a speck. I'll spring for the fresh Pec Pad at 2.3 cents a pop.
Message edited by author 2004-08-07 01:16:44. |
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08/07/2004 01:21:05 AM · #11 |
I was in Vancouver last week, and had my camera cleaned (for free!!!) at the Nikon service centre. The technician there told me that if I should decide to clean the sensor myself in the future, the worst thing that could happen is that the shutter could close unexpectedly while cleaning, and be damaged, and that would be quite expensive to fix. Sooo ... what do you guys think about that? Could the shutter close unexpectedly? How much should one worry about that?
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08/07/2004 01:27:12 AM · #12 |
| The shutter will shut when the batterey looses charge which is why they make such a big deal about making sure your batterey is fully charged befor you lock up the mirror and shutter for cleaning. Other than that I can't imagine how you could inadvertantly close the shutter in mid cleaning short of some act of God mechanical failure. |
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08/07/2004 01:51:14 AM · #13 |
| Nice, my sensor could use a good cleaning. The mine shafts, caves, abandoned buildings, storm drains, and other places I take it have taken their toll. :( |
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08/07/2004 02:47:18 AM · #14 |
On sort of the same topic, I have a tiny hair visible in my viewfinder on my D70. It doesn't show up in pictures, and is always is sharp focus no matter if the scene is totally OOF. I looked closely at the mirror, the lens above the mirror, and the outer glass part of the eyepiece (didn't see any hairs or specks), and blown them out as best as possible with my little rocket blower thing (the kind like a turkey-baster). It does seem, by my best guess, to be in the same focusing plane as the focus areas and stuff that I see in the viewfinder.
Oh yeah, the second problem, which I am actually much more worried about. Also, there is some dust INSIDE my 18-70mm AF-S lens that I bought with the camera (the kit lens). It appears to be on several of the inner lenses. I can see it both on the front lenses and inside the very rearmost element of the lens. Is this common, is it going to be a problem, and is there anything I can do about it?
Thanks for any help. I hadn't realized how hard SLRs really were to keep clean inside. :-| |
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08/07/2004 02:50:39 AM · #15 |
I wish I could get to MY sensor.
sniff...sniff...
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08/07/2004 09:40:56 AM · #16 |
| I have a similar question to skylen's... I've got a Canon 28-105mm lens with obvious dust specks inside the lens. I just bought the lens in March or April. Can the inside of the lens be serviced? Would this be covered under warranty? |
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08/07/2004 11:46:29 AM · #17 |
I did some searching on Nikonians.org. It sounds like some amount of dust is a normal occurance inside lenses, especially zooms because they suck air in and out as they zoom. You can have a CLA (clean, lubricate, adjust) done by a repair center if there is a lot of dust, which might be covered by warranty except for shipping fees, but otherwise might cost more than a new lens if it's not a very expensive lens.
Most people are saying that you need a ton of dust inside before it is even detectable in the photograph.
Here are some useful related threads on nikonians:
//www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID6/4512.html
//www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID6/4582.html
//www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=14&forum=DCForumID6
//www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=145&forum=DCForumID6
So I'll probably show it to the people at the camera store, but I guess I won't do anything about it unless they recommend it. I have a while still under warranty so I might have a CLA done before the warranty is up. ;-) |
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08/07/2004 12:03:08 PM · #18 |
dust when does not show up on the pictures, is in the viewfinder and best to just ignore it. Trying to get it out is very hard.
On this topin I had a canon tech tell me to use kim white tissue, I can't seem to find it, anyone know where to find some? |
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08/07/2004 01:34:10 PM · #19 |
That is "Kimwipes". Not sure I would use it though.
//www.kcprofessional.com/us/KCP-Brands/Kimtech/Kimtech-science.asp?source=google
Message edited by author 2004-08-07 13:34:54. |
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08/09/2004 07:27:13 AM · #20 |
Phew... I am glad that I don't have to do this. May dust never settle on your sensors...
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