Canon 10D dust on processor

[bct341]

Ok.. what is the best way to remove dust from the processor.

And... :cry: idiot me tried to just blow the dust off and happened to get one tiny spec of spit on the processor!! I imagine that spot will never come off..

[robertwgross]

Wow! I can't imagine how anything got to the image processor. The image sensor, however, is vulnerable to dust anytime you change lenses. Easy to clean.

---Bob Gross---

[bct341]

Wow! I can't imagine how anything got to the image processor. The image sensor, however, is vulnerable to dust anytime you change lenses. Easy to clean.

---Bob Gross---

bad choice of word.. the sensor is what I am talking about.....

[defordphoto]

Wow! I can't imagine how anything got to the image processor. The image sensor, however, is vulnerable to dust anytime you change lenses. Easy to clean.

---Bob Gross---

bad choice of word.. the sensor is what I am talking about.....

Blowing with your mouth was yet another poor choice. Get a blower, something like this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=259157&is=REG

In the meantime, if that is indeed spit, you'll have to use Pec-Pads and Eclipse cleaning solution to clean your sensor. However, many times when cleaning a sensor, dust just kinda get's blown around on it and it can take several attempts to get it near-perfectly clean.

[dsze]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=34634&highlight=

I ended up with all of the info. I needed to get started. I got a rocket blower, sensorswipe, pecpads, eclipse. (you'll understand what all of this is later). Its not as tough as it all sounds at first. This was the most informative link I was given:

http://www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning

-daniel

[bct341]

Thanks for all the info... will try cleaning the camera soon.....

[Haifidelity]

I just tried the Copper Hill method with a cut up credit card. I recommend you get something more rigid than a credit card, because it's not recommended that you use a swab more than once on each side.

[dsze]

The sensorswipe has seemed to work well for me so far. Don't mess with cutting things up, spend the $8 or whatever it is and get the tool he designed for sensor swabbing. Just my opinion.

[ron chappel]

I have never cleaned my sensor 'properly',i.e used the sensor swipe things that do it all in one go
What i did (only needed it once so far) is use the technique i have developed for doing the final speck removal when cleaning lenses.

I use a piece of tissue twisted into a point and sprayed (very) lightly with cleaning fluid.
This is simply touched on the specs one by one.Of course this won't work on anything stubborn.....and you have to be able to SEE the specs :?:

It is a very good way of doing a quick cleanup though-out in the field for example

[robertwgross]

Rather than going for the expensive sensor-cleaning alternatives, I use a simple Q-tip cotton swab with a part of a drop of ordinary (cheap) lens-cleaning solution. I find the only trick is getting a very bright light high up over my shoulder so that when I look down into the camera body at the sensor, I can see the reflection perfectly so that a dust speck will show.

---Bob Gross---

[dsze]

Why take the chance? This is your sensor we're talking about...not a UV filter that can easily be replaced. This is THE component that makes it all happen. Tissue is paper-based and can scratch surfaces badly. I don't know about Q-tips, but I would think that very small particles of the QTip swab actually come off and get deposited onto the sensor. Maybe not. I just don't consider spending $20 total an expensive excursion for the right equipment to touch that delicate sensor with. I am a little obsessive though, or so I'm told :)

-daniel

[defordphoto]

Bob and Ron use their methods and so far it's worked for them. And everytime I read about them it just scares me. :shock:

[ron chappel]

What my method does is the bare minimum contact nessesary to get the job done.It is actually safer than a normal clean....but only works for easily removed specs so certainly doesn't suit all situations

Bob's method be better for a wider range of situations but i'm not used to Q tips-had no luck with them on lens cleaning so i just stick with what i can do well