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Sensor cleaning question

Started Mar 6, 2019 | Questions thread
Alex Sarbu Forum Pro • Posts: 13,257
Re: Sensor cleaning question

doch22009 wrote:

My question is this: When cleaning a Pentax sensor with something like a Visible Dust swab, are there any pitfalls to be avoided? Will this cause any problems with the IBIS system?

I have no experience with Visible Dust, but you should take a look at Pentax' own O-ICK1 (affectionately called "the lollipop"). That's a stick with a sticky (hmm...) material to basically pick up the dust from the sensor. Probably the safest system there is.

The rule is: don't press hard. There might be some incompatible cleaning solutions (what I like about the O-ICK1 is that it's not using any, and there isn't any rubbing against the sensor's surface)

Alex

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