What is the best way to clean the sensor
Jul 31, 2017 11:22:34 #
Please recommend the best way and tools to clean the sensor. Please offer some do's and don't.
Jul 31, 2017 11:28:43 #
Jul 31, 2017 11:32:31 #
Call me over cautious:
Once a year - or so - I take my Camera to Canon - They clean it
Once a year - or so - I take my Camera to Canon - They clean it
Jul 31, 2017 11:51:38 #
tgshoe
Loc: North Texas
ken_stern wrote:
Call me over cautious:
Once a year - or so - I take my Camera to Canon - They clean it
Once a year - or so - I take my Camera to Canon - They clean it
What do they normally charge?
Jul 31, 2017 11:56:19 #
I'm trying to remember -- Think it's about $100 / $125 -- They also completely check the camera out & clean everything up -- In the past they found bent pins
Jul 31, 2017 12:01:24 #
RRS
Loc: Not sure
BebuLamar wrote:
Please recommend the best way and tools to clean the sensor. Please offer some do's and don't.
A lot depends on what you are trying to clean. If it is just dust you might be able to use a Rocket blower and blow it out by holding the camera with the lens opening facing down. If it's a lubricant on the sensor then I would suggest you send it in. Been there and tried to clean the sensor on my Canon 1DXMKII with the "eyelead" blue sticky gel and all I did was make a mess so off to Canon CPS. Mail it in on Monday am and have it back by Friday pm. Bought the camera new and after 1 week had a problem and thought I could fix it. Read your manual in regards to having a fully charged battery and use the menu to find the procedures to set the camera up to be cleaned.
Jul 31, 2017 12:04:22 #
RRS
Loc: Not sure
tgshoe wrote:
What do they normally charge?
Join CPS for $100.00 a year and you get 5 cleanings over the year at no additional cost and if other work is needed then they offer you a discount for members.
Jul 31, 2017 12:10:46 #
ken_stern wrote:
Call me over cautious:
Once a year - or so - I take my Camera to Canon - They clean it
Once a year - or so - I take my Camera to Canon - They clean it
Me too. I always let Canon do it.Jul 31, 2017 12:11:06 #
RRS wrote:
Join CPS for $100.00 a year and you get 5 cleanings over the year at no additional cost and if other work is needed then they offer you a discount for members.
AA! AA! (That is an acronym for "Acronym Alert!") What does CPS mean and do you have a link?
Jul 31, 2017 12:20:30 #
Most of the time, a blower is enough to blow dust bunnies off the sensor. Get a filtered blower. I have the Koh Global Hepa Jet Air II blower. It has a large hepa filter that filters out 99.97% of dust particles. It also has an anti-static filter and a one-way check valve. It has a medical grade PVC bulb. Most blowers have a rubber bulb that can shed fine rubber particles that will end up on your sensor. Adorama Camera has it and you can also order directly from Koh Global.
Never use one of the compressed air cans to clean your sensor.
Never use one of the compressed air cans to clean your sensor.
Jul 31, 2017 12:26:26 #
When your old like me & you remember that your 1st brand new car a 66 VW Bug cost out the door 19 hundred & change & that the new camera you acquired at the beginning of this year - Canon 5Ds - one you got @ -$500.00 below retail for "only 3k" -- Well then sending the darn thing back to the manufacture for sensor cleaning is not really being all that over cautious -- If you can let "them" clean it --- If you can't take your chances cross your fingers buy a cleaning kit & GOOD LUCK
Jul 31, 2017 12:45:53 #
dsmeltz wrote:
AA! AA! (That is an acronym for "Acronym Alert!") What does CPS mean and do you have a link?
Canon Professional services. You must be a "full time imaging professional" to apply.
http://www.cps.usa.canon.com/about_cps/about.shtml
Jul 31, 2017 13:15:15 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Please recommend the best way and tools to clean the sensor. Please offer some do's and don't.
Ok here is a don't, I had to get the sensor cleaned after the cleaner, it made a terrible mess.
Honestly do not let this anywhere near your camera, even your worst enemies camera
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After 'cleaning' with the above
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Jul 31, 2017 15:35:32 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Please recommend the best way and tools to clean the sensor. Please offer some do's and don't.
Here is a Lensrentals Youtube video on cleaning a sensor. They start with the easiest methods and work up through to most difficult. I followed the step by step process and managed to get some very stubborn gunk off my sensor but I had to go to a wet swab to do it. I don't think I would have been so brave if it was a camera I couldn't afford to ruin.
Beware if you have a Canon. The Canon web site goes beyond the usual warnings and says that because of the construction of some of their sensors they can only be cleaned by a Canon authorized service center.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRW9AmDPqr0
Jul 31, 2017 18:42:53 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Please recommend the best way and tools to clean the sensor. Please offer some do's and don't.
Best way is to get a camera tech to do it for you. If they mess it up you will get a new sensor out of it.
There are various DIY solutions - I use Visible Dust - but I've been doing sensor cleaning on my own cameras for 11 yrs. So far, so good. Make sure you get the right solution for your dust and grime - putting the wrong stuff on the swab will make matters worse - which is usually a temporary problem until you either get the correct solvent, or you totally freak out and decide to hand it over to a tech and hope you haven't completely ruined the sensor (actually, in most cases it is the filter covering the sensor, not the actual sensor you are cleaning).
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