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Sensor cleaning question

Started Mar 6, 2019 | Questions thread
Greyser Veteran Member • Posts: 6,802
Re: Sensor cleaning question

Alex Sarbu wrote:

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

+1. The only sensor cleaning solution I use for many years.

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