Keith,
I use to clean on a daily basis my sensor with a regular canned air, taking care to not shaking it before use it and keep it as warm as possible (I don't use it for a long time). I use it as smoothly as possible. Before cleaning the sensor I use a painting brush to clean the lens mount, then I clean the dark room and the mirror with the air can.
Regularly I test the sensor on a white background at the highest stop available, and if needed I use a Sensor Swab with Eclipse, the newest Swab are dedicated to the 35 mm full size sensor and they are doing hugely better work than the former one because of the blade inside, so the dust in the sides and corners are better removed. I strongly suggest to make a test after cleaning because the Eclipse seems to let some drop's stains sometimes.
Regularity depends of the shooting, in Paris the air doesn't seem to be dusty (at least the dust don't affect the sensor), but if you are shooting, say, wheat harvesting or blooming colza in Champaign, you should be better to do it daily.
Regarding dust spotting I use the regular clone stamp to do it, I didn't feel any differences to dust spots scans. For the most dusty pictures I use the "dust and scratches" filter, create a snap-shoot in the history palette and use the history brush, a large one for the skies and the smallest one for part of the pictures which contains details. This tip comes from David Reicks on Stockphoto. (Sorry David, I never remember if the "e" is before or after the "i")
Best.
Fernand Ivaldi
Le 30 avr. 04, � 01:40, Keith Cooper a �crit :
What do people do to keep their sensors clean on a 1Ds? How many people regularly 'clean their own'?
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