Cleaning M8 Sensor

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The sensor in my M8 is in definite need of cleaning. Any recommendations for a cleaning kit that I can use myself?

[lct]

Eclipse works fine.

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[doolittle]

Giotto rocket blower followed by Eyelead Sensor Gel Stick.

[Loren]

Giotto rocket blower followed by Eyelead Sensor Gel Stick.

 

I agree. The first line of defense should always be the Rocket Blower. That should work in the majority of cases.

 

Then I use an Arctic Butterfly brush to get anything that sticks due to static charge that the blower does not.

 

Finally, a wet clean may be in order, but once the wet clean is correctly done, a Rocket Blower is about all you should need.

 

I think I use the Visible Dust system with Eclipse fluid on my cameras, but there are other systems that work equally well.

 

Lastly, I tend to change my lenses with the camera pointing down to minimize dust intrusion. I try to stage my lens changes to minimize the time the camera is without a lens attached.

[mike_j]

I have a Delkin kit with Eclipse liquid, swabs, a mini vacuum cleaner and a magnifier/inspection unit but only because it was a Chrissy present.

 

In practice a good blower sorts a lot of the problems and swabs and eclipse liquid does the rest.

[Guest]

Giotto rocket blower followed by Eyelead Sensor Gel Stick.

 

After using the "Rocket Blower", which blows only air into the camera body, I screw on my vacuum cleaner first the "Micro Vacuum Attachment Kit", which soft brush has exactly the correct width for the camera sensor.

 

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8 Piece Micro Vacuum Attachment Kit