G'day Frank On Sun, 16 May 2010 08:03 -0400, "frank theriault" <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > Or more specifically the sensor in my *istD. > > Is this a do-at-home project or something best left to professionals? > > If I can do it myself, how? > > If I take it to a shop, what's a reasonable price? >
I've cleaned the sensor in my *istDS several times without any disasters. Building up the courage to do it is the biggest hurdle. I use a three step approach: 1. The bulb blower. If that doesn't clean the sensor satisfactorily, I move on to: 2. An artists nylon brush. And if further cleaning is needed: 3. The wet swab. For this step I use a home made spatula about the same width as the height of the sensor, covered with a PecPad and with a couple of drops of Eclipse cleaning fluid applied. A couple of references, if you decide to take the plunge: http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/How_to/a_Brush_Your_Sensor/a_Brush_Your_Sensor.html http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/index.html Interestingly, I've so far not needed to clean the sensor on my K200D - the few dust spots that appear are easily cloned out in post processing. It seems that the dust remove function of the K200D actually works reasonably well. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
