A little hydrofluoric acid will remove everything from the sensor.
The only problem with just blowing is that the removed particles are most
likely to remain in the camera's light box accumulating to mount a second
sensor invasion. Further, there are oils in the air which will eventually
build up. Not only will the oils degrade the image, they will aid dust
particle invasion by sticking them to the sensor. How soon this will happen
is probably related to how much diesel traffic crop spraying goes on in your
area. No amount of huffing and puffing will blow this down. I expect digital
SLR CLA to be required more often than with film. There are several cleaning
kits on the market specifically for sensors, but I've not tried them yet.
Advantage - Digital P&S and Film.
Regards,
Bob...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "MikeM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> After changing lenses a few times in the last week, always as
> carefully possible, pointing the K100 down, there were a few blobs
> on the shot taken after one of the changes. I didn't have a sensor
> cleaning kit so I used the blower from a cheap blower brush and it
> did the trick. Did I get lucky? Does the coating I read about on the
> Pentax sensors make it easier to blow dust off? I assume it won't
> always be so easy to clean, so are there any suggestions a to which
> cleaning kit to get?
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