How do you clean the dust from the OLPF on Epic and Scarlet ?

[Madjid El ayari]

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[Todd T]

Non Contact methods first, i.e. Rocket blower
Others have recommended brushed such as the Arctic Butterfly.

 

[Uli Plank]

AFAIK, RED has recommended the Arctic Butterfly too.

 

[Norbert Jalitsch]

arctic butterfly is GREAT !!!

 

[Pierce Cook]

The arctic butterfly is great, I use it as well and it always works without fail.

Indeed, do try a non-chemical air source first if you like (the rocket blower, or any other hand-squeezed air blower).

 

[Erwin van Dijck]

Do you really touch the sensor when using that Arctic Butterfly brush? Doesn't it leave scratches?

 

[Todd T]

The butterfly uses static electricity to attract the dust away from the olpf.

Ideally it does not touch the glass. If you have really stubborn dust particles the light brush can dislodge them.

 

[Dave Blackham]

I would not use those Rocket Blower things, all they do is empty small bits of rubber from the hand pump on to your sensor or lens to which it then sticks.

 

[Gary Britton]

I noticed that B&H has MANY models of Arctic Butterfly available.
Any suggestions?

 

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

Do you really touch the sensor when using that Arctic Butterfly brush? Doesn't it leave scratches?

You never touch the *sensor*. You physically can't touch the sensor. All you're touching is the OLPF, which is like an optical flat in front of the sensor itself.

Mike

 

[paulherrin]

anything you do needs to be very gentle and carefully done.

turn it upside down and 'blow' the dust out, preferably with something professional. don't know about the rubber blowers. always best to be safe with this kind of stuff.

otherwise, checkout the butterfly.

 

[Tom.Wong]

it would be a great feature one day if there is a self cleaning every time you turn off the camera. like what a dslr does

 

[Matthieu Misiraca]

i would like to know how do when the dust is betwen the sensor and the OLPF ? inside the block

thank you

 

[Les Dittert]

Whatever you do, don't use 'canned' air. It can be cold and crack the glass.
I found that if you use an almost empty can, it is safer, but I would not recommend it.

 

[Justin Chin]

This is not the kit I have but this is a great basic kit to get:
http://tinyurl.com/8md8wke

You'll want the loupe. Why even try to understand what needs cleaning if you're not really getting a good view of the OLPF.

My kit has a other extra brushes that I don't use. I have swabbed the OLPF plenty of times while in the field. Sometimes it's better to do that than let some hard to remove tiny junk sit there. Especially past T11.

 

[Phil Holland]

Another +1 for the Arctic Butterfly. I also recommend compressed Nitrogen if you have access to it.

 

[stu aull]

This is not the kit I have but this is a great basic kit to get:
http://tinyurl.com/8md8wke

You'll want the loupe. Why even try to understand what needs cleaning if you're not really getting a good view of the OLPF.

My kit has a other extra brushes that I don't use. I have swabbed the OLPF plenty of times while in the field. Sometimes it's better to do that than let some hard to remove tiny junk sit there. Especially past T11.

broken link

Stu Aull
Alaska