Dust is having a party on my 10D sensor! AH!

[sigler]

Holy Toledo!

I just took a batch of pictures, and they look terrible. There are dust spots all over them.

A few weeks ago, I used a small blower to get rid of them and it worked great.

This time, my sensor looks like it was sprayed with hair spray! The dust will NOT come off. I tried a can of "moisture free" compressed air...the dust isn't budging.

I know there is lots of info on the net about cleaning the sensor, but is my problem normal? I never change lenses (I only have one!).

Is there an easy way to clean it?

Thanks for any advice!

Rob

[lightandlife]

I am not trying to be helpful here, but it is important to determine the cause so that the same problem is not repeated.

How did the dust get in there in the first place?
Would it be possible that the dust you thought you blew away were just circulating inside the camera and the blower added more stuff to your sensor?

[barnold999]

Bring the martini's that will loosen them up after a frew drinks...

Ok just had to make a joke with a party and all :-)

anyways, yah figure out why it is getting dust or called good ol' canon and tell them whats happening

[ifurlong]

give us an example

[Dave I]

I recently cleaned my sensor for the first time. Based on an alalysis of all my pics, the camera had dust on the sensor right out of the box (this is typical, as I understand it).

I used a rubber spatula, cut down, with pec-pads, and alchohol. You can get a description of the steps at http://www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning