Successful first SensorSwiping?

Hello Everyone!

Well, I tried my very first sensor swiping this morning, and I was shaking like a leaf!!! I've attached an image from my "Dust" shot.

How does it look? Is it ever possible to get the sensor entirely dust free?

It took approximately six pecpads to get it this clean. Sometimes while swiping, the dust shots looked worse than before, the dust must have come from the edges of the sensor chamber. Is there any way to clean the very corners of the chamber where the sensor sits to avoid dragging it out with the sensor swipe? I read here on this forum that another member wraps a Q-Tip tightly with a pec pad and cleans the corners? Should I try this or live with how clean it is now?

A few months ago I sent my 30D to Canon to have the sensor cleaned and you should see the "dust" shots I took when I got it back. I had a hard time telling they had cleaned it!

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Nate,
I say you did fantastic for your first session. The few specks that you have left will undoubtedly be picked up the next time out, so don't worry too much about them now. The fact that you removed so many dust particles means that you really got the hang of getting your swab flush on the sensor, and this in itself takes some people much longer to learn.
It won't be long before your CMOS is immaculate. Well done.
Nicholas
www.copperhillimages.c​om

Thanks Nicholas!

It was a piece of cake to learn how to wrap the pecpads around the sensor swipe.

Would it be ok to wrap a Q-Tip tightly with a pecpad to clean the walls and corners of the sensor box?

Nate,

Sure, I think that would be fine.

I think most people find that once you get your sensor to a pristine state, it's much easier to keep it that way. And this is probably due to the varying degrees of lubricant and assorted gunk that gets depositied on the sensor. Once that stuff is gone, you're mainly dealing with loose dust.

You say wrapping the PecPad was a breeze, did you cut the pad down as recommended? The response to this new method has been overwhelmingly positive seeing as you can eliminate up to 75% of the PecPad material when taking it into the chamber.

Nicholas
www.copperhillimages.c​om

Nicholas R. wrote in post #4295757
You say wrapping the PecPad was a breeze, did you cut the pad down as recommended? The response to this new method has been overwhelmingly positive seeing as you can eliminate up to 75% of the PecPad material when taking it into the chamber.

Nicholas
www.copperhillimages.c​om

New method? I've been using the method in the instructions that came with the kit, using the whole pad.

Can of elaborate, please?

-js

js,

Yes, this is something we came up with about 2 or 3 months ago. I could send you a PDF file with the details, just shoot us an e-mail here: lueridge@copperhillima​ges.com .

Nicholas
www.copperhillimages.c​om

Will do, thanks.

-js

Hi Nicholas,

Yes, I did cut the pecpad into fourths. It was nice to cut them, wrap one on the sensorswab, then I three more ready to go.

Wrapping them was easier than I expected. I used my address labels to hold them in place.

I'm hoping that's my dust problem, I'll have to wrap a Q-Tip in a pecpad and thoroughly clean the inside sensor walls. I'm sure that is what was happening to me, It was only cleaned once before and I'm sure there is a bunch of dust on the sensor walls.

Thanks Again!

looks good , my first took about two hours unknown amount of wipes and looked much worst .

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I felt your pain , but that shows just how well Nate did.

Nicholas

Thank You for the very nice compliment Nicholas. You have no idea (maybe you do) how good I feel that I will be able to clean my 30D sensor when needed and I won't have to rely on someone else to do it.

I was going to do the Q-Tip cleaning this afternoon to clean the sensor walls, but I may as well wait until I have to clean it next time.

Thanks Again!

Do any of you clean your sensor strictly with the wet clean method? To get mine to this point I used the wet method, sensor sweep, and the Rocket Blower.

I suppose that with practice I will be able to narrow it down and perfect it a bit.