DallasG Member 35 posts Joined Jun 2005 More info | Jul 06, 2006 21:01 | #1 Can I use normal cleaning solution on the sensor? First I got a nice piece of dust on the sensor and a small fibre, got the fibre off and the dust just wouldn't go, so I handed the camera to someone else and they managed to get a smudge on it, now I must get it off, very important pictures need to be taken in the next 5 hours or so! Let me know ASAP! Thanks!
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ssim POTN Landscape & Cityscape Photographer 2005  10,884 posts Likes: 6 Joined Apr 2003 Location: southern Alberta, Canada More info | Jul 06, 2006 22:08 | #2 What do you mean by normal cleaning solution. If you are referring to lens cleaner, I would probably say no. I have never heard of anyone doing that. My life is like one big RAW file....way too much post processing needed.
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BryanP Senior Member  679 posts Joined Jun 2006 Location: Northern California More info | ssim wrote: What do you mean by normal cleaning solution. If you are referring to lens cleaner, I would probably say no. I have never heard of anyone doing that. Have you tried all the normal things like the rocket blower or similar. Given that you are up against a deadline is it not better to error on the side of safety and live with the dust and fix them in post processing. A blower wouldn't be feasible in his case since now he has a smudge. Canon 1D | Canon 10D | Tamron 17-35/2.8-4 | Tamron 28-75/2.8 | Canon 50/1.8 | Canon 70-200/2.8L
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Jul 06, 2006 22:28 | #4 A VERY small amount of Isopropyl Alcohol
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nation Senior Member  906 posts Joined Jun 2005 Location: Sydney, Oz More info | Jul 06, 2006 22:28 | #5 Personally I wouldn't let anything other than Eclipse solution on a Pec Pad touch my sensor. 7D and lenses.
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SkipD Cream of the Crop  20,476 posts Likes: 165 Joined Dec 2002 Location: Southeastern WI, USA More info | DallasG wrote: A VERY small amount of Isopropyl Alcohol If you use commonly available isopropyl alcohol, it will have water mixed in with the alcohol - NOT a good cleaning fluid for the sensor filter. Pure methanol is the recommended cleaning fluid for sensors, and special pads such as PEC pads are needed to do the job properly. Q-Tips are definitely not the way to go. Skip Douglas
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joayne Cream of the Crop  More info | Jul 06, 2006 22:31 | #7 CopperHill.....Please joayne Contribute to POTN | Worldwide Photo Week
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Tsmith Formerly known as Bluedog_XT  10,429 posts Likes: 26 Joined Jul 2005 Location: South_the 601 More info | DallasG wrote: A VERY small amount of Isopropyl Alcohol Your gonna make a big mistake _ do as Skip has already told you in another thread or do your photo shoot and get a sensor cleaning kit later.
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jdkeck Senior Member 654 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA More info | Jul 06, 2006 22:51 | #9 I have gotten smears using Pec pads and Eclipse if there was too much Eclipse. Fortunately there wasn't any damage, jst some extra time on my part. Copperhill instructions are very clear about using too much fluid, but it is had to control the Eclipse because of its low surface tension. I would not recommend using anything but Eclipse on the sensor. I know this isn't what you want to hear, but you are risking permanently damaging the sensor. Life is not measured by the number breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.
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wilflee Senior Member 305 posts Joined Jun 2005 More info | Jul 06, 2006 23:17 | #10 I've been using a blower. If that doesn't work, a lens pen. And if that doesn't work (eg. stubborn dust or smudge), send it back to Canon for free cleaning. High tech cleaning solutions and swabs cost too much and I still run the risk of flooding or scratching it with my fat fingers.
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scottbergerphoto Cream of the Crop  5,429 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jun 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA More info | Ditto!!!!!! One World, One Voice Against Terror,
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superdiver Cream of the Crop  9,862 posts Likes: 5 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Ketchikan Alaska More info | SkipD wrote: If you use commonly available isopropyl alcohol, it will have water mixed in with the alcohol - NOT a good cleaning fluid for the sensor filter. Pure methanol is the recommended cleaning fluid for sensors, and special pads such as PEC pads are needed to do the job properly. Q-Tips are definitely not the way to go. 40D, davidalbertsonphotography.com
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SkipD Cream of the Crop 20,476 posts Likes: 165 Joined Dec 2002 Location: Southeastern WI, USA More info | superdiver wrote: Why are q-tips so bad? I have read this many times. Is it that they leave more cotton fibers behind? That's part of it. The other thing is that no Q-Tip that I have ever seen is truly micro-clean to start with. There could be all sorts of tiny dust and dirt particles embedded in them that you would not want to grind into the sensor filter (or lenses, for that matter). Skip Douglas
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Southswede Senior Member 951 posts Likes: 1 Joined Nov 2004 More info | Jul 17, 2006 14:19 | #15 |
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