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Sensor Cleaning on IBIS cameras
Sep 17, 2017 12:02:36   #
bigd7200
 
Would someone with experience cleaning the sensor on Olympus or other cameras with IBIS comment on their technique and risk of damaging the sensor shift mechanism. (Rab-Eye suggested I place this question in a new topic)
Thanks,
Darryl

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Sep 18, 2017 07:10:07   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
bigd7200 wrote:
Would someone with experience cleaning the sensor on Olympus or other cameras with IBIS comment on their technique and risk of damaging the sensor shift mechanism. (Rab-Eye suggested I place this question in a new topic)
Thanks,
Darryl


I don't clean sensors unless they rally need it. One spot is not worth the effort. YouTube has info on IBIS cleaning.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sensor+cleaning+of+IBIS+cameras

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Sep 18, 2017 09:11:56   #
rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
 
bigd7200 wrote:
Would someone with experience cleaning the sensor on Olympus or other cameras with IBIS comment on their technique and risk of damaging the sensor shift mechanism. (Rab-Eye suggested I place this question in a new topic)
Thanks,
Darryl

Does sensor need cleaning? My two Pentax cameras have IBIS; each is set to clean its sensor on powerup, and I've never seen a spot when I inspect resulting images.

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Sep 18, 2017 10:50:51   #
agillot
 
remove lens , hold the hose of a vacuum cleaner 1 or so inch away , set time at a couple of seconds and snap a picture , and voila all dust gone .it s that simple .repeat if necessary . hard to believe but no one that i know is using that method .also do back side of lens .

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Sep 18, 2017 14:10:25   #
bigd7200
 
Thanks for the replies.
The official Olympus position is that it should rarely be needed; but when it is, do not do it yourself, send it in for service.
On other sites, comments range from the Olympus position to "no big deal, do it the same as on any other camera".
In the video Jerry refers to, the presenter describes a menu setting on Sony cameras that stabilizes the sensor without it being actively recording an image. Is a similar setting available on
Olympus cameras?
I use a Rocket blower, but the vacuum technique sounds useful also.

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Sep 18, 2017 15:47:16   #
Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI
 
Cycle the camera on and off several times to activate this Ultrasonic Wave (try doing this with the body facing down)...hopefully that'll take care of it...otherwise try a rocket blower, but also hold the camera face side down. Other than that, I'd send it in for cleaning and wouldn't dare touch the sensor. I've shot these cameras since 2007 and have never had an issue with dirt on a sensor that couldn't be handed by the Ultrasonic Wave.

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