10D sensor cleaning

Meshwork · Apr 21, 2004

Hi

I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.

The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the 10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?
Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools, to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

latner · Apr 21, 2004

is right here!

Meshwork said:
Hi
I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking
about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.
The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re
cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the
10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change
the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get

away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?

Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools,

to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

Meshwork · Apr 21, 2004

Okay, thank Latner.

latner said:
Meshwork said:

Hi
I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking
about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.
The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re
cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the
10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change
the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get

away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?

Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools,

to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

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Jordan Kalev · Apr 21, 2004

That is the right link for the job, read it carefully, practice on a glass microsocpe slide or something if you are nervious. You are cleaning a peice of glass that is not touching the sensor.

Sensor cleaning is a very small price to pay considering the many benifits of the 10D over the G5. There is really no comparison.

I clean mine about every 1500 shots regardless of how much dust there is. (there is always some). I change lenses quite often.

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Juan luis210283 · Apr 21, 2004

You know now a days what sensor is going to last you a year clean? lol none at all

sooner or later you will gather dust specs and so what? you have a professional tool..you must maintain it! either learn a way to clean it or send it to Canon or your localshop thats what i do...i send it to Canon and get it back in five minutes super clean

as for that pbase tutorial i dont think i will ever do that method of cleaning.

Meshwork said:
Hi
I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking
about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.
The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re
cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the
10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change
the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get

away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?

Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools,

to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

--
Focus my friend...

Meshwork · Apr 21, 2004

Thanks guys for your input here. Scared I was heading down the 8 megapixel digicam path for a minute there! Thanks again.

Dave

Meshwork said:
Hi
I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking
about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.
The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re
cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the
10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change
the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get

away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?

Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools,

to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

Rudy S · Apr 21, 2004

I just got D60(used) with Mack Warranty.
Is it possible to send my D60 to Mack to get CMOS cleaned ?
is it free or...??

Thanks in advanced,
Rudy

Meshwork said:
Dave

Meshwork said:

Hi
I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking
about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.
The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re
cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the
10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change
the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get

away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?

Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools,

to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

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Jordan Kalev · Apr 21, 2004

Rudy S said:
I just got D60(used) with Mack Warranty.
Is it possible to send my D60 to Mack to get CMOS cleaned ?
is it free or...??

Rudy,

Even if you could send the camera in to get cleaned It would be a waste of valuable shooting time. It is really not a big deal cleaning the sensor if you follow the instuctions Carefully.

Not too much fluid, no compressed air of blowers of any kind. The worst case senario is getting dust or fluid between the sensor and glass fliter.

It seems like a lot to read, but it is worth it and the actual cleaning part is only a few minutes of your time when you get the hang of it. You are cleaning a glass filter, not the sensor! its not that fragile.

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http://jordankalev.com
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Rudy S · Apr 21, 2004

Hi Jordan

Thanks a lot for your advice and support.
It's seems that you can read my mind,

Right, the tutorial looks need a lot to read.

But, i'll do it, since it worth.

Thanks again,
Rudy

Jordan Kalev said:
Rudy S said:

I just got D60(used) with Mack Warranty.
Is it possible to send my D60 to Mack to get CMOS cleaned ?
is it free or...??

Click to expand...

Rudy,

Even if you could send the camera in to get cleaned It would be a
waste of valuable shooting time. It is really not a big deal
cleaning the sensor if you follow the instuctions Carefully.

Not too much fluid, no compressed air of blowers of any kind. The
worst case senario is getting dust or fluid between the sensor and
glass fliter.

It seems like a lot to read, but it is worth it and the actual
cleaning part is only a few minutes of your time when you get the
hang of it. You are cleaning a glass filter, not the sensor! its
not that fragile.

--
JKalev
http://jordankalev.com
Equipment List In Profile

McErono · Apr 22, 2004

with the results of the copperhill method... My sensor was very, very dirty so I just had to clean it 3times (never use the pec pad on the sensor swipe more than once!). After that it was clear and very clean. It's so easy to do and there's not much you can do wrong... now I change lenses very often and everywhere because I don't have to worry anymore

latner said:
Meshwork said:

Hi
I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking
about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.
The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re
cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the
10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change
the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get

away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?

Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools,

to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

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StephenL · Apr 22, 2004

I've had my 10D for 11 months now, and have 4 lenses which I interchange (carefully) on a regualr basis. Touch wood, I've yet to need to clean my CMOS filter. I frequently do a test shot of a white area and carefully check for spots, but so far, nothing. Just as well, 'cos I don't think you can get the cleaning equipment mentioned here in the UK!

Meshwork said:
Hi
I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking
about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.
The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re
cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the
10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change
the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get

away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?

Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools,

to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

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Tony D · Apr 22, 2004

I check for dust using the sky (alway blue here in Arizona) - it shows up dust better than any white sheet method and is more realistic. I've yet to resort to cleaning my sensor the wet way (change lenses all the time and its dusty here) just take care when swapping lenses and keep the body clean (clean outside of camara after each use) - so far a quick blow with a blower brush (minus bristles) has solved any issues I've seen.

Has anyone tried high purity IPA (easier to obtain than methanol/Eclipse fluid) for wet cleaning the sensor?

Stephen said:
Meshwork said:

Hi
I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking
about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.
The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re
cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the
10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change
the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get

away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?

Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools,

to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

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novice · Apr 22, 2004

I'm curious....does everyone out there use the 'tools' as described.....do you arder from the site provided?

Jordan Kalev said:
Rudy S said:

I just got D60(used) with Mack Warranty.
Is it possible to send my D60 to Mack to get CMOS cleaned ?
is it free or...??

Click to expand...

Rudy,

Even if you could send the camera in to get cleaned It would be a
waste of valuable shooting time. It is really not a big deal
cleaning the sensor if you follow the instuctions Carefully.

Not too much fluid, no compressed air of blowers of any kind. The
worst case senario is getting dust or fluid between the sensor and
glass fliter.

It seems like a lot to read, but it is worth it and the actual
cleaning part is only a few minutes of your time when you get the
hang of it. You are cleaning a glass filter, not the sensor! its
not that fragile.

--
JKalev
http://jordankalev.com
Equipment List In Profile

HJ- · Apr 23, 2004

Tony D said:
Has anyone tried high purity IPA (easier to obtain than
methanol/Eclipse fluid) for wet cleaning the sensor?

Stephen said:

Meshwork said:

Hi
I have a Canon G5, love digital photography, and am now thinking
about purchasing a DSLR, namely, the 10D.
The ONLY thing holding me back, however, is the sensor aspect, re
cleaning of it. Now, I only want to use two Canon lenses with the
10D and I won't be changing lenses too often. And when I do change
the lenses, I would be doing this indoors.
My questions, then, are:

With the way I would change lenses as stated above, could I get

away with having the sensor cleaned say, once a year?

Is it possible for an amateur like myself, with the right tools,

to be able to learn how how to do the sensor cleaning?

Thanking you

Dave

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Hi, You can get the pecpads and elipse fluid from warehouseexpress.com in the UK. I bought it there and bought the rubber swab from copperhill. It took just under a week to arrive and cost me £5 for the swap. Next day delivery for the pecpads and fluid. It took me about 3 attempts to clean but now I have very clean 10D. I hope this helps.

Helen

Peter K Wagner · Apr 23, 2004

Living out in California where things are pretty dry most of the year, I seem to collect dust pretty often. I've done 5 or 6 cleanings in the last year.

One thing I haven't seen mentioned is that the dust doesn't usually show up unless you shoot at very small apertures... f/11, f/16, f/22, etc. Even at the small apertures, the dust usually is only obvious in solid areas of the shot like all-blue skies. In solid areas, the Photoshop "clone" tool can easily take out the problems.

StephenL · Apr 23, 2004

Thanks Helen, that's useful (I still hope I don't have to clean, but I probably will!)

HJ- said:
Hi, You can get the pecpads and elipse fluid from
warehouseexpress.com in the UK. I bought it there and bought the
rubber swab from copperhill. It took just under a week to arrive
and cost me £5 for the swap. Next day delivery for the pecpads and
fluid. It took me about 3 attempts to clean but now I have very
clean 10D. I hope this helps.

Helen

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