Dust on the sensor

[jaapv]

It is a bit like gardening - you pull out the weeds as best you can - you always miss one nasty - and you can repeat it next week....

 

[rsl]

I keep forgetting to ask: How many on the forum have done wet cleaning on the M8 sensor? 1/2mm seems pretty thin glass and it sounds scarier than with more hefty DSLR filters. I can imagine pressing a tiny bit too hard and hearing and feeling a snap!

 

[sirvine]

I keep forgetting to ask: How many on the forum have done wet cleaning on the M8 sensor? 1/2mm seems pretty thin glass and it sounds scarier than with more hefty DSLR filters. I can imagine pressing a tiny bit too hard and hearing and feeling a snap!

I did it, for better or for worse. No problems. I used the Copperhill method, per your recommendation (if I recall).

 

[rsl]

I did it, for better or for worse. No problems. I used the Copperhill method, per your recommendation (if I recall).

Congratulations. I know it's a scary operation the first couple times but you get used to it after a while. I avoid it as long as I can and use a blower and an Arctic Butterfly first, but sometimes there's no other way than the wet way.

 

[x-ray]

Welcome to the world of digital! One suggestion to help prevent dust sopts, TURN THE CAMERA POWER OFF WHEN CHANGING LENSES!!!! The sensor is cherges with static electricity and by turning the camera off you discharge the sensor. If you chang lenses while it is on it wioll work like an electrostatic filter and draw dust into the camera. Different cameras are more of a problem than others. My original 1D and 1Ds canons were quite different. Over the 2 years I owned them my 1D with a CCD never needec cleaned. My 1Ds would pull dirt out of a neighboring state and the CMOS sensor needed cleaned regularly. I learned to turn the camera off when changing lenses and this made all the difference. MY nearly 3 year old 1DsII bodies have never needed cleaning other then a rare blast form the rocket blower.


WARNING!!! Never use canned air, it contains propellant and can get on the snesor and be a problem cleaning it off. Never wipe the sensor with a cloth and your finger. Q tips can leave a film on the sensor. If you scratch the cover over the sensor you're screwed! You will have a very expensive replacement for the sensor, not just the cover because in every camera I've seen the cover is bonded to the sensor.