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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:45 AM
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Rocket Blower

Wet clean using Digi-Pads and a 75% Isopropyl Alcohol (99%) and 25% original Windex mixture. I only do this when I 1st get the camera though.

Canon has a lot of dust on their sensors from the factory (at least I have noticed in 3 cameras)
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 04:37 AM
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I 2nd the blower.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 05:08 AM
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Subscribing. I have yet to find a cleaning tool that gets the job done 100%.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:58 AM
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I'm on your technique -- Rocket blower or Pec pads w/Eclipse. I have a Sensor Sweep brush and used it as a non-contact cleaner a few times (charging it on parchment paper).

I think I have only wet cleaned once (and factory service did it one more time). Cleaning frequency depends on your level of pickiness (and how often you change lenses and lens seals and ...). Enhancing contrast on a out-of-focus sky shot always shows me SOME dust variation. But if I don't need to clone any out in my work than I'm happy enough.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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I haven't had to do this yet.

Old Jan 31, 2007 | 09:57 AM
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Sounds like I am in the majority then - wet clean when it

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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 01:37 PM
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Sensor Brush once a month, Eclipse pec pad when the brush can't remove a spec of dust.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 04:33 PM
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Cleaning sensors frightens me
I only did it once with a pecpad
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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[QUOTE=Kiteland,Jan 31 2007, 02:57 AM] The swabs I used were Digi-pads with Eclipse cleaning fluid. In 18 months I



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