New way of cleaning sensor

[phillipb]

Found this, maybe of interest. Arctic butterfly - funny name for a cleaning implement.

http://www.visibledust.com/

[birddog114]

Found this, maybe of interest. Arctic butterfly - funny name for a cleaning implement.

http://www.visibledust.com/

It looks like the fly catching stuff and it's similar to the sensor swabs, will it be cheap than the Pec Pad with your own skill to make one of the handle?

[phillipb]

Birddog, I think you're looking at the wrong item, it's the one with the battery in it and a brush up the front. Apparently you charge the brush with "static" and it attracts all the dust to it.

[birddog114]

Birddog, I think you're looking at the wrong item, it's the one with the battery in it and a brush up the front. Apparently you charge the brush with "static" and it attracts all the dust to it.

Sorry, get it now.
Can we use it as a toothbrush too?

[phillipb]

$70 tooth brush? I don't think so.

[birddog114]

$70 tooth brush? I don't think so.

Electronic toothbrush like Oral B and other brand?

[Michael]

I think I'll stick to blowing stuff off the sensor I can't really justify 70 dollars on something like this, the idea sounds all good and well but does it actually work like that?

[Sheila Smart]

I get my Eclipse and Pec-pads from Nulab in Melbourne http://www.nulab.com.au and I bought a SensorSwipe from Nicholas at http://www.pbase.com/copperhill

I have used these for the past two to three years and never had a problem. I have never tried blowers as I believe all they do is move the dust around.

Cheers
Sheila

[avkomp]

there was an article a while back on the sensor brush.
some scientist guy did some scanning electron micrography and showed how certain brushes were identical to the sensor sweep brush.
for much cheaper.

This system also used the static charge principle.

For the record though, I havent had to wet clean since I got the rocket.
removed a few dust bunnies too.
previous to that wet cleans happened when required.
maybe I have been lucky lately but I think not.

steve

[gstark]

I have never tried blowers as I believe all they do is move the dust around.

That's why you hold the camera upside down, above your head, when you use the Giotto. A few quick puffs, and gravity takes care of the rest.

Using Nu-Labs if you're in Melbourne is fine, but when we've tried to use them, not only were some of their prices way OTT (I believe that they've corrected that situation somewhat) but they also were insistant that you must use their preferred courier services.

IIRC, their chosen delivery method was neither convenient, nor daily, nor cheap, so we just had somebody local walk in off the street and buy stuff, and then arranged our own shipping up to Sydney.

Much more expedient, and far better value.

[beetleboy]

I have to say I'm a huge fan of the Giotto air rocket method..I've done 2 wet cleans in 1.5 years with a home made spatula and Pec-Pads and the cleaning gear from birddog. Other than that I just blast with the rocket (about once every two months!) and I use my camera every day.

[Yi-P]

I made my sensor swab out of expired cityrail's tickets... wrap them up to the size, and its 'soft' tipped but still having hard grip. Put a pecpad on it and a drop of liquor... i mean, alcohol, methanol...

Cost... hmm, maybe just the pecpad and eclipse??