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Cleaning the Sensor on a Canon D60
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From gregscott.com: “ I would prefer that dSLR manufacturers provide and/or document more effective ways to clean dirty sensors. I suspect that low level support technicians may give strident warnings that are factually untrue, because the individual doesn't really know what works, and the company doesn't want to asssume responsibility for the user performing this procedure, because if its complexity and moderate difficulty. Warning: All my reading say not to use compressed air. The propellents chill the air, and the moisture from condensation can cause problems. Also, you can blow hard enough to damage the camera....”
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Cleaning the CMOS Sensor of the Canon EOS 10D (and other digital SLRs)
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By Bob Atkins at photo.net: “Do you have dust on your DSLR sensor? Have you seen any dark spots on your images. If the answer is no, your best course of action may be to ignore the rest of this article and be happy. If you have an EOS 10D, 300D, D60, D30, 1D or 1Ds or any other digital SLR from Nikon or another manufacturer, then sooner or later you will probably feel the urge to clean the sensor....”
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Understanding the Digital SLR Sensor Cleaning
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From The Luminous Landscape: “There comes a day when every DSLR owner looks at a 100% magnification of one of their images in Photoshop and gasps, "Where did that dust come from?" Nasty out of focus blobs. Squiggly little dust motes. Hairs. Uggh. As scary as it may seem there is nothing for it but to clean the camera's sensor. It really isn't that tough to do, but you do need the right tools and approach. Here is the method and the supplies that I use. Work slowly. Work carefully. Use the right supplies and you should have no problem....”
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Cleaning Your CCD
(or why you might want to eat at Wendy’s)
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By Thom Hogan: “It happens to all of us: eventually you'll find an image that, on close inspection, seems to have gotten the freckles (see example, below). No, you don't have bad photosites on your CCD, you have dust on the sensor filter. Don't go trying to eyeball the dust on your CCD, though. Most small spots that show up on your lens are not visible to the naked eye. Yes, it doesn't take a giant glob of dirt to make your camera exhibit the dreaded spots--itsy bitsy dust particles can be just as annoying....”
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CCD Cleaning
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By Moose Peterson: “There are two main causes for having “spots” in your digital images. The main one is that dust is naturally attracted to the CCD. The second is that small metal slivers are created each time you change lenses and end up residing in the bottom of your mirror box. (This especially occurs when the camera body is new.) The first big step in keeping it clean is to do everything you can to prevent these two elements from reaching your CCD....”
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CCD/CMOS Cleaning
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By Nicholas R.: “I've owned my D1X for 2 years now and in the first couple of months, I went through a parade of devices and techniques which purported to get rid of the "dust bunnies". If you are reading this now, you probably know that the Nikon CCD is a fabulous dust magnet which needs to be cleaned regularly. I don't own a Canon, but the low-pass (anti-aliasing) filter on the CMOS is of similar material and it too collects dust when the sensor is charged....”
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Sensor Cleaning
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From pixelpixel.org: “Cleaning muck of the sensor is one of those problems that concerns new D30/D60 owners. Canon advise using only air blowers or sending it to them for cleaning. The digicam forums are spattered with reports from owners who've sent their camera to Canon and have it returned even dirtier than it started. I did send my D30 to Canon for cleaning; the sensor did not come back any worse, but it did not come back clean. So now I do it myself, not often, I've done it, perhaps, six times in the 18 months I've had the D30. If you take care, have a clear working area and good lighting, you should have no trouble. Of course, the decision to clean the sensor is yours, don't come whining to me, if you make a mistake....”
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Cleaning the CCD of your Nikon D100
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From plantneil.com: “It's an inescapable fact of life that dust will eventually plague your digital images .. and life's just too short to fritter it away cloning out dust spots from your images. It's much easier, (though more nerve-wracking), to clean the CCD of your camera....”
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Cleaning the CCD or CMOS Image Sensor Chip in a Digital Camera
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From Toldeo-Bend.com: “I had read about it and I checked my camera... sure enough, the image sensor was dirty. I tried some canned air - very gently. It didn't help a bit. I knew it needed to be cleaned. I was also aware that having the factory clean it was going to be somewhat expensive... but, worse yet, I'd probably be without my camera for 3 - 4 weeks. I didn't like that prospect... or paying Canon to clean it....”
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Digital Camera Sensor Cleaning
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From PictureLineNews.com: “Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) users, have you ever been plagued by sky cooties, UFO’s, or other undesirables imbedded in your digital images? Unless you are attempting to convince the Federal Government that alien space travel exists, the specks and blobs are not welcome. From the number of people I have spoken with, a dirty sensor is not an uncommon situation. So let me inquire, have you had the pleasure of cleaning your camera sensor?...”
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Cleaning your Fujifilm Pro S2 Image Sensor
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Cleaning instructions from FujiFilm.
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Cleaning the sensor
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From planetneil.com: "It's an inescapable fact of life that dust will eventually plague your digital images .. and life's just too short to fritter it away cloning out dust spots from your images. It's much easier, (though more nerve-wracking), to clean the digital sensor of your camera...."
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Sensor Cleaning - My Experience
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From passionforpixels.com: "Well my sensor swabs arrived from B&H and my fluid from Nulab. I read the instruction on the web site and got down to it. First attempt, swipe as directed, take shot of sky, check for dust. Arghhhh, it's now way, way, way worse than when I started. Some of the old dust spots still seem to be there, and now there's about 50 new ones. Most are where I turned the swab around. OK, swab again. Check again ...."
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Sensor Brush, Sensor Clean help keep your pictures dust-free
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By Ron Galbraith: "Finally! A digital SLR sensor cleaner that really works. The Sensor Brush and its companion Sensor Clean liquid/swab combo, from Canadian company Visible Dust, are the first products of their type we’ve used that can remove dust, dirt and other particles effectively with little chance of either streaking or scratching of the cover glass over the image sensor. We’ve been cleaning our arsenal of digital SLR cameras since mid-summer with Visible Dust’s new products and couldn’t be more pleased with the results..."
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Digital Camera Sensor Cleaning
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By photo.box.sk: "Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) users, have you ever been plagued by sky cooties, UFO’s, or other undesirables imbedded in your digital images? Unless you are attempting to convince the Federal Government that alien space travel exists, the specks and blobs are not welcome. From the number of people I have spoken with, a dirty sensor is not an uncommon situation. So let me inquire, have you had the pleasure of cleaning your camera sensor?..."
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Nikon CCD Cleaning
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"There comes a time when your Nikon will need a CCD cleaning. If you keep your CCD clean you won’t have to worry about dirty photos. See the spots? That’s sensor grunge! Yep, bits of almost microscopic gunk that get stuck on the CCD surface. These are most visible when you use a small aperture, and can be quite intrusive. Sure you can get rid of them using your image editing software but what a time killer that is. I don’t know about you but I want to spend more time OUTDOORS, not more time on the computer! ..."
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Step-by-step DIY CCD Cleaning
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From ClubSNAP: "If you are a DSLR user, you will probably know that your camera CCD sensors actually collect dust when the sensors are charged. Like most other DSLR camera owners, when I first found that my camera (a humble Fujifilm S1 Pro) was plagued with dust (see sample pictures below) I threw my hands in the air and ran around the house going crazy. The specks of dust were pretty stubborn, clinging on to the CCD even after I used my entire arsenal of blowers..."
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