Members of 'that other' forum

[Onyx]

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read. ... e=11436028

Someone needs to inform this guy of these forums and of acquiring Eclipse fluid from our Patron saint.

[BBJ]

I read that earlier but thought i wont say anything. lol
But he is an aussie so yeh.

[birddog114]

and he has a D70 as well.

[Matt. K]

Hey Paul! Take your camera to a service station. Blow it out with the compressed air hose. Get a wad of steel wool and a bottle of metho....and scrub as if your life depends upon it.
Or contact Birddog for a bottle of Eclipse...not $170 but only $165.
There...I have vented.

Maybe we should contact Paul and invite him to say Hi?

[sirhc55]

Saw the post and just had to tell him about this forum - so hopefully we will have another member soon.

Chris

[robw25]

sirhc55
i saw your post on the "other" site and registered here so could find some eclipse other than nulab ( $25 for 2 ounces ) and hopefully learn more about using my d70 and lenses

[Matt. K]

robw25
Welcome to the best forum in the world. Post often and enjoy.

[sirhc55]

sirhc55
i saw your post on the "other" site and registered here so could find some eclipse other than nulab ( $25 for 2 ounces ) and hopefully learn more about using my d70 and lenses

Welcome - enjoy, and come to know all the members, a great bunch of personalities

Chris

[Onyx]

G'day robw25, welcome to our forums! I'm sure you'll find yourself at home here.

As for the Eclipse, in another thread somehwere, MCWB tested it and found it had exactly the same chemical composition as methanol. When my bottle of Eclipse fluid runs out, I'm simply gunna buy methanol.

[robw25]

methanol !!!! you shouldnt use that !!!! thats what i was told when i asked at a few camera places in adelaide last weekend, i thought maybe i said the wrong thing

thanks for the welcoming posts

cheers rob

[Onyx]

It seems nobody, not even the camera makers themselves, are willing to take responsibility for releasing a proper CCD cleaning procedure for consumers. As the most effective ones involve physical contact - I guess these days in our litiguous society everyone's covering their backsides first and foremost.

Camera shops would probably recommend a blower bulb, to gentle puff air at the CCD surface. That's about as idiot proof a procedure as it gets right now, until someone builds a better idiot...

[MattC]

Rob,

Twenty five bucks from Nulab is not bad considering how far it will go. I picked up the Copperhill SensorSwipe and is worth the money - less than AUD30.

Cheers

Matt

[MCWB]

methanol !!!! you shouldnt use that !!!! thats what i was told when i asked at a few camera places in adelaide last weekend, i thought maybe i said the wrong thing

Maybe they thought you were talking about 'metho', i.e. methylated spirits, which is about 90% ethanol and 10% methanol, with extra nasties to stop you drinking it. The Eclipse fluid looks to be just pure methanol, or methanol with a little water.

Welcome!

[BBJ]

Hi robw25, good to see another south Aussie on the forums.
Welcome mate i know you will enjoy yourself here as i do and find i spend more time here than my other forums, just like the 1 you just came from, i still go there because of my fuji forum but yes wealth of information here , great people.
Cheers
John
BBJ

[dooda]

Does anyone here know of a special brush that has magnetic bristles for about 60 us$ that is supposed to get the dust off or something like that? I'm sure I read about it somewhere, I just can't remember where. My memory sucks. Very fine brush bristles that attracted the dust. Probably as good as a blower. But the guy selling it on the internet said it was better...seemed like an honest enough guy...

edited,

Oh yes, and welcome Rob. I'm the resident Canadian. I keep coming back here to hang with the aussies for some reason. You may find this site quite friendly and interesting and approachable.

[sirhc55]

Rob,

Twenty five bucks from Nulab is not bad considering how far it will go. I picked up the Copperhill SensorSwipe and is worth the money - less than AUD30.

Cheers

Matt

I went down this road as well - good value

Chris

[gstark]

Dooda,

Does anyone here know of a special brush that has magnetic bristles for about 60 us$ that is supposed to get the dust off or something like that? I'm sure I read about it somewhere, I just can't remember where.

This seems to sound vaguely familiar yo me. I seem to recall something like this during the mid 80's. Can't remember any details at the moment though. Do you have a URL or name for this ? Maybe it'll jog my grey matter ...

[dooda]

I will try, but I thought that it was through this site. The only other possibility is on megapixel.net, which I used to check out on occasion. If that wasn't it than "cyberspace" is about as specific as I can possibly be.

[mudder]

G'day,
Is this what you're thinking of?
http://www.visibledust.com/

I believe it has a good reputation, but as quick cleans in the field with the liquid clean considered as the major service...

Cheers,
Mudder...

[gstark]

G'day,
Is this what you're thinking of?
http://www.visibledust.com/

Looks interesting, but not the product I'm half remembering. I seem to recall that the product I'm thinking of had some sort of radioactive component ...

[MattC]

Dooda,

Is this link of any use to you?

http://www.visibledust.com/sensorbrush.htm

Cheers

Matt

Edit: Whoops... should have read through the rest of the posts.

[dooda]

Yup, I think that be it. Thanks. Does anyone have any experience with this thing? Does it work?

[birddog114]

Yup, I think that be it. Thanks. Does anyone have any experience with this thing? Does it work?

dooda,
please take my word:

the visibledust cleaning kit works OK with few dust bunnies which is not stuck hard on your CCD, they're number of very fine art brushes, can be brushed or use on the camera mount or some internal parts.
Once it got something stuck on the ccd, only Eclipse fluid and Pec*Pad will do the job properly with a Giotto Rocket Air.
As mentioned in few previously threads, I and others used it but I still prefer the Pec*Pad + Eclipse fluid.

[dooda]

Might as well use a 7$ blower then, with the pec pad for the stubborn stuff.

[robw25]

dooda
sounds weird like my nik name at work ( bobo )
i believe i was looking at that brush the other nite http://www.intemos.com/pdf/infosheet.pdf

thanks for the welcome

birddog 114
where can i get..... Pec*Pad (4" x 4") 100 sheet $20.00
Sensor Swab #2 (12 pop) $70.00
Eclipse Fluid 59ml (2oz) $26.00
cheers rob

[birddog114]

birddog 114

where can i get..... Pec*Pad (4" x 4") 100 sheet $20.00
Sensor Swab #2 (12 pop) $70.00
Eclipse Fluid 59ml (2oz) $26.00
cheers rob

I can ship all those items to you by AP Overnight bag for $11.00
Email me your address at thanho@dancom.com.au and I'll forward my banks details to you for EFT