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I can recommend Arctic Butterfly brush + strong LED light to see dust - this combination I use the most often, wet way with schwabes I used only once (when I bought 5D as a used body)
 
Yes, I use a Giottos "Rocket-Air" blower. I tried smaller blowers, but the big Giottos is far better.

FWIW.

I've only needed to clean my 1D MkIII once, and that was shortly after I received a used body a year and 10,000 exposures ago. The sensor shaking does seem to work.

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Malcolm Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
 
I do it every 6 months or so, with this:
http://www.visibledust.com/

I use the arctic butterfly - and most times it is enough to get the sensor cleaned.

If you have smear on the sensor not only dust, then use liquid cleaners (Sensor Clean, VDust Plus and Smear Away)
It works fine.

The only problem could be the dust in the air, which flies into the camera while the shutter is open and the sensor is exposed.

So you clean the sensor and in the meanwhile some dust particles fly into the camera - but with a little luck you can get the sensor 100% cleaned.
Good luck.
 
To provide a bit of the info from the post I liked to above... I would not make my first step the use of a wet cleaning method such as Eclipse and PecPads. They can be effective for difficult "spots" including "stuck dust" or smears on the sensor glass, but these methods are complete overkill for normal dust.

Before doing anything else simply try a blower. With the opening facing down blow 30-40 puffs of air into the chamber, being careful to keep the blower tip outside of the camera body. This will often get the worst of it, and if you have a few small spots left it is generally better to live with them (and quickly fix in post) than to obsess over getting a pristine sensor... which will very soon pick up more dust in any case.

If the blower alone doesn't work, and "air charged" sensor brush can get virtually all dust off the sensor. Unlike the wet methods there is less risk of creating smears on the glass and the process is much simpler. With a brush I can get the sensor perfectly clean or very close to it.

Wet methods like Eclipse and PecPads have their place. I may go this route once per year if I find a stubborn spot or two that really bother me. But I would not use that approach on a regular basis and certainly not as my first line of dust defense.

Dan
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I have used both of Dust-Aid's wet and dry products with perfect success. My sensor came with a lot of dust and an oil spot and after a few wet cleanings the results were perfect. I use the dry method when I get a sticky piece of dust that the 5DII's cleaning system is not clearing. Very pleased!

Traeton Garl
 
I've been using a cleaning technique virtually identical to the one Dan Mitchell just described. And just a few days ago I returned from a week long trip to Colorado and Utah where I shot almost 1900 photos between my 5D and 5D Mark II. I'm still processing those photos but I'm over halfway through them and so far I've only found one small dust speck on one photo. I'm sure there will be some spots I've missed that I'll come across later, the point I wanted to make is that technique Dan explained has worked exceptionally well for me, I've been using it for about the past year now.

The only thing I would add to it, is if you have an older style sensor brush as do I, make sure you wash the brush regularly or after awhile you'll just push dust around on the sensor instead of picking it up.

John
gdanmitchell said:
To provide a bit of the info from the post I liked to above... I
would not make my first step the use of a wet cleaning method such
as Eclipse and PecPads. They can be effective for difficult "spots"
including "stuck dust" or smears on the sensor glass, but these
methods are complete overkill for normal dust.

Before doing anything else simply try a blower. With the opening
facing down blow 30-40 puffs of air into the chamber, being careful
to keep the blower tip outside of the camera body. This will often
get the worst of it, and if you have a few small spots left it is
generally better to live with them (and quickly fix in post) than to
obsess over getting a pristine sensor... which will very soon pick up
more dust in any case.

If the blower alone doesn't work, and "air charged" sensor brush can
get virtually all dust off the sensor. Unlike the wet methods there
is less risk of creating smears on the glass and the process is much
simpler. With a brush I can get the sensor perfectly clean or very
close to it.

Wet methods like Eclipse and PecPads have their place. I may go this
route once per year if I find a stubborn spot or two that really
bother me. But I would not use that approach on a regular basis and
certainly not as my first line of dust defense.

Dan
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G Dan Mitchell - SF Bay Area, California, USA
Blog & Gallery: http://www.gdanmitchell.com/
IM: gdanmitchell
Gear List: Cup, spoon, chewing gum, old shoe laces, spare change,
eyeballs, bag of nuts.
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Run the shower in your bathroom for 10 - 15 minutes with the door closed and then wait for a few minutes for the room to cool down. I've heard the moisture attaches to the dust.

You should have a pretty dust-free environment long enough to clean your sensor.
 
And a very moist environment inside your camera...

Dan
HaroldC3 said:
Run the shower in your bathroom for 10 - 15 minutes with the door
closed and then wait for a few minutes for the room to cool down.
I've heard the moisture attaches to the dust.

You should have a pretty dust-free environment long enough to clean
your sensor.
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G Dan Mitchell - SF Bay Area, California, USA
Blog & Gallery: http://www.gdanmitchell.com/
IM: gdanmitchell

Gear List: Cup, spoon, chewing gum, old shoe laces, spare change, eyeballs, bag of nuts.
 
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