sensor cleaning at irvine center

For fifty bucks, you have all the materials to do it yourself.

And in the time it takes to get into your car, back out of the driveway and drive six blocks, you could have cleaned it yourself.

I went in this past Monday at 2pm, went to get an oil change and the camera was done by 415.
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Where is the link to cleaning the sensor on your own?

Glenn NK wrote in post #3419524
For fifty bucks, you have all the materials to do it yourself.

And in the time it takes to get into your car, back out of the driveway and drive six blocks, you could have cleaned it yourself.

I've had the Copper Hill cleaning kit for about 2 years, and while the wet cleaning method worked the first few times, lately, I haven't been able to completely clean the sensor edges of all of the dust. Rather than run the risk of ruining the sensor by getting too aggressive with the self cleaning method, it makes sense to take the camera in to Canon for an annual sensor cleaning, particularly if it's a free service.

etaV8R wrote in post #3419839
I went in this past Monday at 2pm, went to get an oil change and the camera was done by 415.
FREE!
Where is the link to cleaning the sensor on your own?

http://www.cleaningdig​italcameras.com/index.​html

http://www.dmcphoto.co​m/Articles/SensorBrush​es/

http://www.bobatkins.c​om …utorials/sensor​clean.html

http://pixinfo.com/en/​articles/ccd-dust-removal/

http://www.photosol.co​m/documents/MSDS%20-%20E2.pdf

Finally, I went in today at 11... there was only 2 people in front of me... but only wait 1 min to check my camera in... went to the spectrum... eat some sushi... and back at 12.30 and it was done for free... test it check it... sensor is clean now... thank guys...

I am going to try this out... I just purchased my 20d off ebay and it's pretty nasty... I am dropping it off on Fri morning.

I took the Metro Link train to Irvine a couple of months ago to get the 5D cleaned. They cleaned sensor, mirror, and viewfinder for free. Bring the body cap w/you, as they won't accept lenses attached to the cam at time of check in.

I'm about 400 miles too far from Irvine. Does anyone know what method the service center uses to clean? I've heard that they use Kimwipes with a mixture of alcohol and Windex...I tried using Kimwipes with tweezers as I've read, that made nothing but a mess of my low pass filter. Used the Sensor swabs and it cleaned it all up.

Here's my method (though if I were close to Irvine, I'd probably let them have a go at it occasionally):

http://www.leggnet.com …ensor-of-digital-slr.html

Nice tut Leggnet. I especially liked your conclusion. It is easy to be consumed by the obsession of the pursuit of a clean sensor. I was just curious, as you stated in your tut, the service centers "probably" uses this method of cleaning. However, according to what I've read, Canon uses Kimwipes dry or use 90% rubbing alcohol or use a mixture of alcohol and Windex. I have the SCK-E1 kit from Japan and it is similar to the Dustaid. Like Dustaid, however, it doesn't removed your caked in gunk, READ: Shutter Oil residue, etc. From what I've read, the Canon service center do an excellent job of cleaning the sensor, I can't imagine the SCK-E1 kit achieving those results, therefore the service center must do something else.

00silvergt wrote in post #3444872
Nice tut Leggnet. I especially liked your conclusion. It is easy to be consumed by the obsession of the pursuit of a clean sensor. I was just curious, as you stated in your tut, the service centers "probably" uses this method of cleaning. However, according to what I've read, Canon uses Kimwipes dry or use 90% rubbing alcohol or use a mixture of alcohol and Windex. I have the SCK-E1 kit from Japan and it is similar to the Dustaid. Like Dustaid, however, it doesn't removed your caked in gunk, READ: Shutter Oil residue, etc. From what I've read, the Canon service center do an excellent job of cleaning the sensor, I can't imagine the SCK-E1 kit achieving those results, therefore the service center must do something else.

I can't speak of the Canon service center, but the shops here in Salt Lake that offer cleaning use this method.

Thanks for the info...

Rich

I stopped by Canon's Irvine factory service center today to get my 20D's sensor cleaned. It was filthy after two years of use - lots of black specks on my images at small apetures. I went ahead and got the 5D's sensor cleaned too because it was a little dirty. They're pretty cool cleaning your sensor for free...

http://i6.photobucket.​com …/fspdeejay/Cano​n-1_sm.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.​com …/fspdeejay/Cano​n-2_sm.jpg

It took about two hours so I stopped by Calumet in Santa Ana to pick up some sync cords and other stuff...