a sigh

[yoshi]

am working on sensor dusts and used a blower for much more than a few hundreds times. This is however the best result I can get so far. In the past several months I could remove most of the dusts by simply using a blower but this time not very successful.
Dry winter air makes dusts much stickier? or humid air in summer makes them stickier? I'm confused.
yoshi

[Ian]

Re: a sigh

am working on sensor dusts and used a blower for much more than a few hundreds times. This is however the best result I can get so far. In the past several months I could remove most of the dusts by simply using a blower but this time not very successful.
Dry winter air makes dusts much stickier? or humid air in summer makes them stickier? I'm confused.
yoshi

Hi Yoshi, at least the big one is not anywhere near the centre. I would guess that dry air means dust particles will be more affected by static electricity.

Ian

[yoshi]

Re: a sigh

Hi Ian,
I bought an air spray today and will use it tomorrow.
not recommended method but I thought it's worth trying.
yoshi

[Josh Bear]

Re: a sigh

Yoshi I use a visible dust brush system. here is a link to my before after gallery.

http://www.pbase.com/joshbear/visible_dust_brush_test

Best Regards

Josh

[yoshi]

Re: a sigh

Thank you very much for the information, Josh. I made a google search and found at amazon a picture of the brush and the price. It looks to me like an ordinally brush (I mean, for painting ) that I can buy at a nearby DIY shop for, well a few USD, while at amazon it costs USD91. The before/after pictures at your site clearly show the effectiveness of the brush, though.
Now I'm a bit hesitating if or not I use the air spray I bought yesterday for cleaning purpose, as this is exactly what i did for a film SLR and damaged shutter blades. I'm not expecting a serious photo taking for the moment so I have some more time to think about.
yoshi

[Josh Bear]

Re: a sigh

Yoshi,

apparently the brushes are specially made and they become positively charged when you spray air into the bristles. You them wipe across the sensor and the dust is attracted to the brush. It looks expensive but it's a lot cheaper then spraying air into the camera and then paying out for a new one!

Best Regards

Josh

[yoshi]

Re: a sigh

It looks expensive but it's a lot cheaper then spraying air into the camera and then paying out for a new one!

Josh

Hi Josh, this is exactly what i'm thinking about. Before reaching any conclusion, however, I think my rice wine makes me too happy to think about any serious task.
yoshi

[yoshi]

My first pic this year

Really this is my first pic in 2007 which I took right now. Looks Canon did a good job as no dust at all throughout the screen. I only wish they could keep their words and returned the camera before the year end. I lost so many good photogenic opportunities during the new years days. But anyway I really feel refreshed.

yoshi