Max, Decompressing air can be very cold. I suspect you froze the sensor, or its filter, which wasn't apparent at the time. As it thawed it delaminated or reticulated, or both :-(
regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: McRae, Max MS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 8:24 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss (E-mail) > Subject: Disaster cleaning CCD. > > I have a tale of woe to tell: > > I have a scuba tank with a decant valve and hose that I thought would be > ideal to clean my dusty *istD sensor with. > > (snip)
