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05/05/2007 11:41:36 AM · #1 |
I use the copperhill method and have found it to quite good. However, I often find it frustrating to get the pec pad folded around the swab. No matter how I do it, the surface that touches the sensor is not perfectly flat. Rather, it has two spots that stich up very slightly at both ends of the folded-over area where you angle the folded pec pad at about a 30-45 degree angle as you wrap it around. (Hopefully, this makes sense to those of you who use copperhill)
Today, in preparing for a wedding this afternoon I decided to trim the pec pad to fit my 16mm swab. I placed the pad between two sheets of paper and using my paper trimmer cut the pad into "exactly" 16mm wide strips. These folded very neatly over the swab and fastened easily with tape.
I really found this much better than trying to fold an entire pad around. Not only was the cleaning surface perfectly flat, it was easier to manuever inside the camera due to the reduced bulk and has the added benefit of allowing around six cleanings per pad vs. one.
What do you think? |
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05/05/2007 11:49:11 AM · #2 |
| I bought the Copperhill kit but have not yet tried it. My only concern would be loose fibers coming off the pad where you cut it and making more of a mess. I am not sure I would cut my pec pads. |
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05/05/2007 11:57:23 AM · #3 |
| I wondered about that as well. However, placing the pad between two sheets of paper actually seemed to seal the edges where it was cut. The end result was every bit as good as with a full pad. ie. a clean sensor. |
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05/05/2007 12:50:32 PM · #4 |
| Good idea, I've also had the same question about the two outboard horns sticking up. I need to give it a try. This methos is indeed safer that the scotch tape suggestion. |
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05/05/2007 01:53:11 PM · #5 |
It may be safer that the Scotch Tape method...but Scotch Tape didn't scratch my sensor. Some miniscule piece of grit got onto my pec pad and BINGO....nice scratch all the way across the bottom of my sensor. (Appears at the top in photographs)...
However, I still think the method is safe as long as you work CLEAN.
I'm not sure how the grit got on the pad....
At least the scratch is only visible at high F14+ stops !
Kenskid
Originally posted by PhantomEWO:
Good idea, I've also had the same question about the two outboard horns sticking up. I need to give it a try. This methos is indeed safer that the scotch tape suggestion. |
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05/05/2007 04:16:19 PM · #6 |
The funny thing about the whole sensor cleaning debate. I ruined a sensor with the scotch tape method and you with pec pad. I kinda agree, I use the pec pad carefully, I don't think it is near soft enought for hard use either. Bottom line, many methods work but only if you are careful and have the extra $400 to buy a new sensor if it doesn't work ;)
Originally posted by kenskid:
It may be safer that the Scotch Tape method...but Scotch Tape didn't scratch my sensor. Some miniscule piece of grit got onto my pec pad and BINGO....nice scratch all the way across the bottom of my sensor. (Appears at the top in photographs)...
However, I still think the method is safe as long as you work CLEAN.
I'm not sure how the grit got on the pad....
At least the scratch is only visible at high F14+ stops !
Kenskid
Originally posted by PhantomEWO:
Good idea, I've also had the same question about the two outboard horns sticking up. I need to give it a try. This methos is indeed safer that the scotch tape suggestion. |
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