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Sensor cleaning?
I never use any sort of blower - all that does is blow the dirt around in the body. Canned air is not a good idea generally. I use an Arctic Butterfly with excellent results. I have never needed anything else. Why do you say don't bother about an Arctic Butterfly David? Agreed all points. M...
Posted by Oggy on 30/03/2011 - 12:30
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Agreed all points. My butterfly works excellently as well. Some people do seem to have problems with them though. At least one person on another forum was probably putting his into the body with the motor still running. :shock: :shock:. Helps if you read the instructions first :D
Posted by Gwyn on 30/03/2011 - 12:32
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I read the instructions and folowed the you tube video but made no difference love the thought of someone using it with the motor still running :D I do hope your not implying that I have limited capabilities when it comes to following instructions.....Im very good at it as my wife will testify ...
Posted by pianoman on 30/03/2011 - 12:42
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Thanks for the information and tips. I, my camera and my wallet appreciate it.
Posted by wuttwutt on 30/03/2011 - 13:15
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Well tonight I did what many would consider a cardinal sin or pure stupidity. I cleaned the "sensor" - by which we all mean the anti-alias filter in front of the sensor, using a cotton bud and some pure methanol. I soaked the cotton bud in methanol then left it 10 minutes to evaporate. I then ...
Posted by pezking on 30/03/2011 - 23:48
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Well done but a cotton bud ? you have some bottle and very steady hands I am now equipt with the pec pads and the eclipse fluid ready for that day but with care I hope I will manage to save £50 a go Well done sir
Posted by pianoman on 31/03/2011 - 00:15
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I'm pretty sure the eclipse fluid is just pure methanol or ethanol - though pure alcohol or is not always easy to get hold of. My Mum happens to work in the chemistry industry :) I didn't have anything else to try out, so yeah a cotton bud :) Perhaps a cotton bud wrapped in silk would be better a...
Posted by pezking on 31/03/2011 - 00:34
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This question about cleaning fluids consisting of alcohol always confuses me. To my knowledge there are three different alcohols, ethanol, methanol and isopropyl. In this post we have reference's to people using methanol and isopropyl and that Eclipse consists of isopropyl, from what I've read th...
Posted by gregmoll on 31/03/2011 - 04:57
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Eclipse is an optic cleaning fluid and has many good things written about it and also videos made it contains Methanol which seems to do the job. 3 drops seems more than sufficient for the sensor so thats about all I can say at this time as I have not used it yet but am confident that with care ...
Posted by pianoman on 31/03/2011 - 09:38
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Methylated spirits is not pure alcohol. It's mainly ethanol mixed with a bit of methanol (to make it poisonous and thus less attractive to tramps who want to drink it), purple dye and bitters (to make it taste bad). This is all done to make it so you don't have to a) Have a license to purchase it...
Posted by pezking on 31/03/2011 - 09:45
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I just tried a cleaning kit from http://stores.ebay.co.uk/digipads and it has worked very well removing a lot of greasy spots from my NEW K-5 sensor at £9.99 it is a good buy.
Posted by Still27 on 31/03/2011 - 10:08
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Just ordered mine and looks promising Thanks Bill
Posted by pianoman on 31/03/2011 - 10:13
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There is an interesting discussion on alcohols here Greg
Posted by gregmoll on 31/03/2011 - 10:23
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Looks interesting and hopefully informative Greg thanks
Posted by pianoman on 31/03/2011 - 10:41
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There is an interesting discussion on alcohols here Greg I though all discussions about alcohol were meant to be in "Another Pointless Thread!" :P
Posted by greynolds999 on 31/03/2011 - 10:41
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@Still27, Thanks for the lead!
Posted by layingback on 31/03/2011 - 10:56
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Lassie said that :D
Posted by pianoman on 31/03/2011 - 10:58
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To resurrect this old thread: I bought a Giotto blower (AA 1900) a few days ago (click-&-collect at John Lewis) and it has just done a good job of getting rid of a few long-established dust spots from my K-x sensor. It took two attempts to remove the final very persisent one. I followed the instruc...
Posted by OldTaffy on 12/04/2015 - 13:14
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I just had a similar problem with a new K3. It had a small mark on sensor and tried to blow away but I managed to put more stuff in there (used an old blower that was probably perished inside!) I must say SRS did a sterling job and actually got Pentax Service Centre to do it under warranty. (I had b...
Posted by Snappyhoffy on 13/04/2015 - 23:16
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It's so easy to make matters worse whilst trying to clean a sensor. I change lenses as little as possible. The Tamron 17-50 on my K5, for example, has never been removed, which for some defeats the object of a DSLR. For the other cameras, I hold my breath, change the lens (which I always clean f...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 14/04/2015 - 06:24
