That sounds like a good plan. As they say, an once of prevention....
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:06:17 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or the drug store. A sterile ear syringe works great. Just squeeze the > bulb and you get a blast of perfectly clean, dry air. I blow off my > sensors once a week using the ear syringe. By cleaning it often, I've > never had to resort to anything more aggressive. My oldest camera is > about 14 months old. > Paul > On Mar 20, 2005, at 6:51 AM, Dave Kennedy wrote: > > > Wow. I thought that using a q-tip was a big no-no. > > > > Time for a trip to the camera store. > > > > dk > > > > > > On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:14:01 +0100, Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Looks very much like dust. > >> > >> Btw, I cleaned my sensor yesterday. It's been a very long while since > >> last time. > >> The gas blaster didn't remobe all of it this time. :-( After Easter > >> I'll pick up some of those specially designed swabs. > >> Yesterday, in lack of other options, I dared using an ordinary Q-tip, > >> and it actually worked very well. No solvents or anything, just the > >> cotton. It left a long white fibre in there, but that was very easy to > >> get out compared to those invisible little dots that only show up in > >> the pictures. > >> > >> Jostein > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Dave Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > >> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 4:09 AM > >> Subject: Is this dust? > >> > >>> Ok, I'm new with the DSLR thing (DS), and I just noticed a couple of > >>> light 'blobs' on my pics. > >>> > >>> see here : > >>> http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy/image/40990668 > >>> > >>> Is this dust on the CCD? > >>> Stays with the camera, still there after changing lenses. > >>> > >>> Does this mean I'll have to (gulp) clean the ccd? > >>> > >>> dk > >>> > >> > >> > > > >
