Sensor cleaning

[Victor Lazaro]

On my last job, the camera had some dust on the sensor that no dustoff could blow.
Any alternative to clean the dust off the sensor? I saw some solutions at B&H but am unsure if this is the right solution.

 

[Jack Shanahan]

this has been covered pretty thoroughly on reduser...

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?73557-Sensor-cleaning&highlight=dust+sensor

use the search function....

 

[ericyoung]

Standard seems to be Visible Dust Artic Butterfly, and if dust/marks still adhere followed by wet clean with Eclipse Fluid and Sensor Swabs, sized for a 1.6x crop sensor.

The Artic Butterfly brush attachment is only a friction push fit, and has been known to spin off and land in dirt rendering it unusable !! Trick is to make sure it's completely centred, and pushed hard in, and do a short test spin. And I also keep my free hand around the brush shaft to catch it if it starts to wobble, and the operating hand ready to switch the motor off.

It's important to note the brush is NOT spinning while being applied to the sensor. Spinning is done just before use to fling off any dust and to build up an antistatic charge.

 

[Victor MOREIRA]

had some dust on the sensor that no dustoff could blow.

You're scaring me to death Victor ! I'm always in dusty environments.