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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.
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Yes,

Pec Pad, custom rubbermaid spatula and eclips. Works great.
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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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 >
 
Anyone else using Pec-Pads?
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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On 1Ds: cleaned sensor twice in six months. First time using Sensor Swabs + Eclipse (used up a full box of swabs, still lots of muck left - never again!) and once using shaped credit card + Pec Pads + Eclipse (much better!) I will be using the latter method from now on, whenever Photoshopping dirt spots gets too tiresome.

Paul.
http://www.pbase.com/pchester/
http://www.paul.chesterfield.btinternet.co.uk
 
I have been cleaning my 10D's sensor about every 2 to 3 weeks with the PecPads and Eclipse fluid. A blower is pretty much useless so if your local shop continues with this dont touch the sensor there going to have alot of unhappy 10D owners soon enough, or be sending alot of 10D's in for cleaning to canon which is silly. Now if you only have one lens and never take it off it will stay clean alot longer not sure how long but i would imagine quite a while.
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 get a nice fresh tightly wound Qtip and some Eclipse, but then I've ONLY had to do that one time. The other 2 times in the last year only required I put it in clean mode and blast the sensor area with compressed air. Worked like a charm. Clean right up to F22.........
 
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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http://www.pbase.com/nitro115
http://www.unc.edu/~haraszti
 
.. are you confident enough to clean your camera. I use the ellipse pac-pad solution starting way back with my D-30 and many of the people did not know about it. They were using the expensive sensor swab solution.

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!
Member said:
They also say they never would touch the cmos with a pec-pad or anything else.
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So they are not confient they can do it and I bet you Canon Techs are not using rubber blower to clean the camera sent to them. All comes down not what you use but are you confient that you can do it with damaging you camera. Some people I bet just send the camera in to be clean be Canon. I even heard a rumor that one camera guy has three lens, so he bought three 10D cameras. That way he will never have to remove the lens from the camera. So if you ever see a guy walking down the street with three 10Ds, that is him!

My Two Cents

Bill
 
of Nicholas R.'s method described here:

http://www.pbase.com/image/15899646

This method works absolutely GREAT! I tried it recently with PERFECT resutls. I have no idea where all the dust on my sensor came from, but I had a ton ALL of which is gone. Thanks to Mishkin and Nicholas.

I would stongly advise against blowing. Also, the spec grabber seems a bit too meticulous and time consuming. The method above is simpler, faster, and takes all the guess work out of where the dust is located. Total kit cost less than $15 and it should last the life of the camera.

BTW, I store my "kit" in ziploc bags for protection against the dust.
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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max...yes, plus speck grabber.
 
Bob Haverford said:
of Nicholas R.'s method described here:

http://www.pbase.com/image/15899646
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Bob Haverford said:
This method works absolutely GREAT! I tried it recently with
PERFECT resutls. I have no idea where all the dust on my sensor
came from, but I had a ton ALL of which is gone. Thanks to Mishkin
and Nicholas.

I would stongly advise against blowing. Also, the spec grabber
seems a bit too meticulous and time consuming. The method above is
simpler, faster, and takes all the guess work out of where the dust
is located. Total kit cost less than $15 and it should last the
life of the camera.
BTW, I store my "kit" in ziploc bags for protection against the dust.
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Bob,

As everyone finds out sooner or later, new D-SLRs can come with a load of dust right out of the box. It's probably useless to complain to the companies; just send it back for cleaning if it makes you feel better.

Thanks for your comments on my tutorial. Mishkin has done a fine job explaining his method also. Whichever way you go, sensor cleaning shouldn't take more than 5 or 10 minutes a week. Note: I store my supplies in a Zip-lock bag too.

Thanks again go to Mr. Chuck Westfall of the Canon Technical Dept. on his comments above (post by Steve Snyder). I totally understand Canon's and Nikon's inability to fully endorse an independent cleaning tool and method such as mine. Let's hope that their R & D departments are hard at it in eliminating the dust factor in the very near future.
Nicholas
http://www.pbase.com/copperhill/root
 
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)
 
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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