Dry Cleaning M8 Sensor

[giordano]

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I agree 10000% with that statement. I would never touch the cover glass of the sensor with anything dry. All it takes is one hard particle to put a nice scratch on the glass.

 

Clearly the two drops of alcohol aren't going to dissolve quartz or stainless steel as one wipes. So how does "wet" cleaning protect the glass from hard particles?

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[guywalder]

I disagree. Any dry cleaning method which involves direct contact with the sensor risks scratching the cover glass and I would never do it. YMMV.

 

Mark, all the manufacturers 'official' service shops wet clean with swabs dont they? If they can train their staff to do it, it cant be all that difficult, and sure enough its not, its easy, and easy to do carefully and gently. Likewise the arctic butterfly (which has Very soft brush bristles) is easy and effective.

That said I only clean when I obviously need to...

[Shootist]

Clearly the two drops of alcohol aren't going to dissolve quartz or stainless steel as one wipes. So how does "wet" cleaning protect the glass from hard particles?

 

I susgest you do some reading on the net about the proper way to clean a sensor in any digital camera.

To help you out I'll will tell you what I do first. I use a Rocket blower with the camera inverted (Lens mount pointing down) to blow out any loose dust and particles before I do any type of swiping of the sensor.

 

If you are getting quartz, stainless steel or even sand in the lens mount area, let alone on the sensor, of your cameras I suggest you think about how and where you are using them.

[giordano]

I susgest you do some reading on the net about the proper way to clean a sensor in any digital camera.

To help you out I'll will tell you what I do first. I use a Rocket blower with the camera inverted (Lens mount pointing down) to blow out any loose dust and particles before I do any type of swiping of the sensor.

 

So do I. But when you said

I would never touch the cover glass of the sensor with anything dry. All it takes is one hard particle to put a nice scratch on the glass.

 

you seemed to mean that even after having having blown off the loose particles, wiping with a dry pad is more dangerous than wiping with a wet pad. I agree that wet cleaning is more effective, but how can it be that wetting the pad reduces the chance of damage from any hard particles that may remain?

 

If you are getting quartz, stainless steel or even sand in the lens mount area, let alone on the sensor, of your cameras I suggest you think about how and where you are using them.

 

I'll use my cameras anywhere I want to. Otherwise, what's the point of having them? .