I've done the Pec Pad and Eclipse routine with my 5D. It took me 3
tries to get something that wasn't worse than what I started with. I
then tried the brush method which works extraordinarily well
<http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/How_to/a_Brush_Your_Sensor/a_Brush_Your_Sensor.pdf>
and is very easy once you get a set of clean brushes prepared. I bought
some cosmetic mask brushes on ebay for about $10/pair with shipping.
They needed to be washed in a bit of dish detergent to get manufacturing
dust out of them but after that they worked fine. Don't skip the filter
test in the link above. That's what pointed out that my brushes, as
received and despite being in nice cellophane wrappers were full of very
fine dust.
In the future I will always use the brush method first and reserve the
Pec Pad and Eclipse for welded on dust.
You also need to know when to leave well enough alone. A few sweeps
with the brushes took away everything except a spot which only shows on
something like clear blue sky and f/16 or smaller aperture. I don't
normally shoot in that territory so that spot will just have to wait.
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> If any of you folks are tempted to clean their own digital sensors, it
> has been noted that the low pass filter coating may be soft enough to be
> damaged. One technician noted that while he was cleaning the sensor in
> a Nikon D100, a small spot appeared. As he swabbed over it, the spot got
> bigger. The coating was coming off. Of course, Nikon does not sell the
> low pass filter separately, but it is part of a $1000 shutter assembly.
> Wow, $1,000, is that ALL?
>
> This tech was using alcohol (don't know which type)with a sensor swab.
> There is a new cleaner "Eclipse E2" which is recommended for sensor
> cleaning. Eclipse cleaner is available from Fargo.
>
> http://www.photosol.com/index.htm
>
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