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POLL - Do you clean your sensor with Pec-Pads?

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Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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Victor Engel said:
I mulled around on what I should do, and I decided to improvise by
using a piece of paper. I tore it into a point with the torn edge
at the tip so that it was essentially a brush, and I carefully
removed just the dust particle I could see.

That did the trick very nicely. That reminds me, I need to follow
up with a tape cleaning.
Victor Engel said:
I suppose there are pros and cons to everything, but the highest
pro/con ratio from where I'm sitting is to use tape.
Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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and a small spatula.
Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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after surfing a thread about this a while ago, I tried one suggestion.. (not yours Vic) but it seemed comparable. The poster suggested the possibility of using the adhesive backed post it notes.. commonly known as "yellow stickies".. anyhow, after testing on a mirror and looking for residue I decided it was worth a try. Even though you can't see any residue on a mirroe, the adhesive left what seemed like a ton and a half of gunky spots in streaks accross my sensor.. This resulted in about 5 or 6 cleanings with eclipse and pec pads to restore to normal. All in all it was an unnerving experience. I have use the pec pads and eclipse with good success.

One caution, the cover does not seem to seal very well on the eclipse bottle. Hopefully not by design, but you never know. The result was that the first time the bottle tipped on it's side, about 75% of the 20$ bottle of eclipse leaked out and went to waste.. Oh well.. 25% of a bottle will still clean a sensor for quite a while.

I guess the verdict is.. what ever works to your satisfaction.. thanx hallmark
Victor Engel said:
I suppose there are pros and cons to everything, but the highest
pro/con ratio from where I'm sitting is to use tape.
Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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Bob Meyer said:
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Your ferocity knows no bounds.

...but is very justified! :p

Air Blower. I clean the Digicams at work every week and I used the compressed blower in the lab. Does a killer job at knocking every bit of dust out of there.

Those little rubber bulbs are worthless for stubborn dirt. Take it into a one-hour place and ask to use the compressed air hose for a second. Any self-respecting lab will allow someone to use it.
 
Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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Member said:
I am not confident enough to clean my camera with an air can
solution. There are many repected people who have that kind of guts
to take an air can to blow the dust out. I am a coward!
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The first and only time I use Aircan to clean my sensor.. I blew some dust that got lodge under my Focus Screen... which then cause me some grieves of removing the focus screen to clean the dust... :(

never again...
 
Steven Snyder said:
Found this today on robgalbraith.com 1D/1Ds forum. Looks like Canon
finally realized there is a good solution. This appears to be from
a boss.

Steve BTW it is the method I use on Canon 1Ds, 1D and Nikon D100.
The only thing that does work.

Steve

I found the following tutorial on the Web and would like to bring
it to
your attention.

NO GUARANTEES, but this is the best sensor cleaning method I've
seen so
far that doesn't involve sending the camera in to the Factory Service
Center. I am sending a copy of this message to our Service Managers
for
their review.

Your comments are welcome.

Best Regards,

Chuck Westfall
Director/Technical Information Dept.
Camera Division/Canon U.S.A., Inc.
TEL: +1-516-328-4828
FAX: +1-516-328-4809
E-Mail: [email protected]

Von Thomas
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tspe said:
I have yet to touch my sensor since I purchased the camera 1.5
years ago...

Then again, I rarely clean the front element of my lens either, and
since i don't use filters or even lens caps that often, it's
covered with dust all the time, but you know what? my images come
out perfectly fine.

I rather not waste time and effort trying to get everything clean
since my pictures are looking fine.... excessive cleaning can be a
dangerous thing to your sensor and your lens if you are not careful
(plus accidents can happen)
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btw you are NOT TOUCHING the CMOS - it is covered by glass, so essentially you are cleaning just a glass surface not the sensing element itself.

Oliver
 
No - or not yet.

Only had my 20D for a week and although I have had some dust spots already (not sure if they were there from the start) I just blew them away with a blower.
Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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I clean it with a garden hose.
Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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Me_XMan said:
I clean it with a garden hose.
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Yes that is very effective. It washed out the sensor and now I have another film camera!

so my new method is rather tricky but will last a lifetime.

1. go to the woods at dusk.

2. Look for a clearing with at least three beams of light.

3. Locate wild daisies at the base of any brown rock.

4. Grab a spritely elf and put him in a brown paper bag.

5. At home, pop the Elf in a jar with exactly 3 drops of Eclipse for no more than 17 seconds (too much and you have a dead or brain-damaged Elf and you have to start at #1 again. Don't be discouraged if it takes 3-4 tries to get the hang of it!

6. The easy part:

a) strip the drunken Elf naked to get rid of any fiber but leave the pure silk hat!
b) use a magnifying glass upside down to shrink the Elf to 6mm.
c) gently transfer the Elf with tweezers to a match box
d) drop the miniture elf inside your camera whenever it needs cleaning.

e) after each cleaning launder the Elfs hat with distilled water and reward him with one drop of honey.

This is a very reliable method, an IMHO superior to using the garden hose.

Asher
 
I have searched robgalbraiths site and cannot find anywhere that Chuck makes this comment?
Steven Snyder said:
Found this today on robgalbraith.com 1D/1Ds forum. Looks like Canon
finally realized there is a good solution. This appears to be from
a boss.

Steve BTW it is the method I use on Canon 1Ds, 1D and Nikon D100.
The only thing that does work.

Steve

I found the following tutorial on the Web and would like to bring
it to
your attention.

NO GUARANTEES, but this is the best sensor cleaning method I've
seen so
far that doesn't involve sending the camera in to the Factory Service
Center. I am sending a copy of this message to our Service Managers
for
their review.

Your comments are welcome.

Best Regards,

Chuck Westfall
Director/Technical Information Dept.
Camera Division/Canon U.S.A., Inc.
TEL: +1-516-328-4828
FAX: +1-516-328-4809
E-Mail: [email protected]

Von Thomas
Digital TECH/NYC >
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Dan said:
I know there have been lots of threads about cleaning your sensor,
but I also notice that several of the same people talk about
pec-pads. My local camera store is great, and they have several
10D owners. They also say they never would touch the cmos with a
pec-pad or anything else. (they recommend a blower only - not
canned air.)

Just so we can all get an idea of whether a lot of us are actually
using Pec-Pads and "touching" our cmos with a credit card or
spatula type tool, could you please repond: YES or NO, and how
often, to whether you use Ped Pads to clean your cmos.

Thank you.

FYI, I've had my 10D three weeks and NO, haven't touched it yet
with pec-pads. I did have a nasty spot that was there from day one
(I unpacked the camera and put on my only lense at that time, and
the spot was there from the beginning). The camera store blew the
spot out, and its gone now.
  • Dan
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