Best senser cleaning kit.

[powerslave]

Been putting it off for a while now but instead of paying going on £40 for a senser clean on my 70d,I'd rather have a go myself
Can anyone please recommend to me a good senser cleaning kit for a first timer.
I know there's wet and dry kits,which would be best?
Good thing is though I can trial and error the kit on my old 10D.

Thanks
Ian

[Miramar]

Hi Ian,

I go through the following process, and check after each step to see if the problem is resolved, quite often it just needs blowing, occasionally the brush and very rarely the fluid

1. Air blower on the sensor, and also with the mirror down whilst I'm at it. Also blow the lens.

2. Artic Butterfly brush. http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-visi ... 0wodkometq

3. Wet cleaning using Eclipse fluid http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-ecli ... -/p1001956 and these pads https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1

The Arctic Butterfly is expensive, I have had mine for ages and cost around £50 I think, now they are £100, so the lower cost option is to go straight to wet cleaning if blowing doesn't sort it. Don't use too much fluid at a time. Repeat until sorted.

So, blower, fluid and pads should come in at < £25.

This is a useful bit of kit to see what is going on : https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1

Dave

[powerslave]

Thanks Dave for that,I'm going to get it cleaned before I go away to the states next month.
But after that I'm going to start doing it myself.
Thanks again for your help.

Ian

[Dave934]

quote 3. Wet cleaning using Eclipse fluid http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-ecli ... -/p1001956 and these pads https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1

Plus one on that. I use it and it works (and it's very easy to do)
Regards Dave.

[The Phantom]

I'd use items 1 or 3 in Dave's list and skip 2 - the Arctic Butterfly (which i personally found years ago to be no good and very expensive).
Either it's loose dust and you can easily clear it with a blower, or anything more stubborn use the proper cleaning fluid - which does an excellent job

[Miramar]

Hi Ian,

I would suggest you have a go yourself before your US trip to get comfortable with the process, and take the cleaning kit with you. If you change the lens in the wrong place and you get something on the sensor you will be kicking yourself. I always take my cleaning gear on longer trips just in case. I would sooner take it and not use it, than have to correct every photo........

Dave

[JONLITE06]

When cleaning the sensor on my 70D, I always use my Giotto Rocket Blower.............I never use liquid on the sensor!

[powerslave]

Hi Ian,

I would suggest you have a go yourself before your US trip to get comfortable with the process, and take the cleaning kit with you. If you change the lens in the wrong place and you get something on the sensor you will be kicking yourself. I always take my cleaning gear on longer trips just in case. I would sooner take it and not use it, than have to correct every photo........

Dave

Hi Dave,if i get dust on my senser which i can see from the lcd display on my 70d like last year i was there there i'll use my rocket blower and that usually gets rid of thing,i'm not really worried about that.
A few weeks back at Fairford after taking going on 1600 photos i was horrified when i saw a dust spot in the lcd preview.but thankfully it was near to the edge of the picture so a lot of the time it would crop out.
Anyway i was staying at Heathrow before flying out so i just gave it a good rocket blowing and it got rid of it.
Only time i'll be taking my mk 2 100-400 lens off is before and after the flight there.won't be messing about changing lenses,that is staying on.

Ian

[Spyderleader]

Google Just Photography.

It's a place I believe are in Swindon and they have a range of sensor cleaning kits. A bit pricey to buy, but you soon get your money back doing it yourself. You should be able to choose the right sensor swabs, as they have a useful guide to make sure the right one fits.