Sensor Cleaning

I did something unconventional to clean my sensor (on a Rebel XT). I first blowed the sensor once or twice with my mouth. I then rolled some lens paper several times and put a few drops of Eclipse on it. I rubbed the lens paper using my index finger gently on the sensor four or five times and the dust is done. This method is similar to what Bob Atkins recommended on his web site, except I used my index finger instead of a hard subject. I found that using my finger actually gives me better control than a hard object. It is as safe as Copperhill or Sensor Swab.

I would NEVER use something to clean the sensor's filter that has ever touched any other dirty surface. That's asking for problems by transferring something yucky to the surface you are trying to clean, and possibly scratching said surface with a piece of grit from the previously cleaned surface.

LOL! Do a search! It works great. The lens Pens become mission specific.

http://www.birdsasart.​com/lenspens.htm

Very, very risky. Saliva contains enzymes and chemicals that can be very difficult to remove from the surface you're trying to clean. Use a rocket blower - it's much, much safer.

Personally, I would never use anything other than the Copperhill method and a rocket blower.

Mark

https://photography-on-the.net …=179059&highlig​ht=lenspen

Southswede wrote:
LOL! Do a search! It works great. The lens Pens become mission specific.

http://www.birdsasart.​com/lenspens.htm

Interesting reading, but I still refuse to use any cleaning surface more than once on fine optics. Any convenience is not worth the risk. The price of the lens pens is too great to dispose of one after one use, so I will stick with lens tissues for lens cleaning and Pec Pads for the sensor cleaning. Only one pass for any cleaning device surface on any of my optical devices.

I use the same techniques for extremely sensitive laboratory analyser optics (such as particle size analysers), and generally do a better job of cleaning the opics than other techs who don't adhere to my rules.

The lens pen is fast, easy to use and works just like Cyber said it would........