Best way to remove this

[Marcel]

So I would suggest anyone who gets a spot on their image all of a sudden to do test with different lenses just to make sure it's not something stuck on the lens BEFORE getting the sensor wet.

 

[mathom33]

On my last camera I would use an anti static brush for the dust. Anything else I would wet clean with a kit I purchased online.

 

[hark]

The hunk of junk I blew off the rear glass wasn't causing the spot. I'll wait until the sensor loupe arrives that [MENTION=13090]Horoscope Fish[/MENTION] posted then I'll take a look inside to see if it is visible. At least the rear glass is now VERY clean! :eagerness:

 

[Bob Blaylock]

AFAIK, dust motes don't carry KA-BARs. You could also try using an Arctic Butterfly.

…or for about ¼ the cost, try this brush. Same basic idea as the Butterfly, but no motor, no lights, and it costs about $100 less. You use your rocket blower to blow air through the bristles, which accomplishes exactly the same thing that the Butterfly accomplishes by using its motor to spin the brush. I'll admit that the motorized spinning of the Butterfly looks like a mild advantage, but it's surely not worth an extra $100. I guess you could get the same effect by clamping this brush into the chuck of a power drill, and spinning it that way, but really, it's not that much trouble to just use the rocket blower on it.

My own hierarchy of sensor cleaning is as follows…

1. First, use the camera's built-in sensor cleaning cycle.
   
2. If that doesn't do it, then next, have the camera raise the mirror and open the shutter for cleaning, and use the rocket blower to try to blow anything off the sensor.
   
3. If there are still spots, then I use this brush. By this point, I very rarely have any spots left on my sensor.
   
4. In those rare instances where I have spots that survived all of the preceding, then it is time to resort to wet cleaning.

 

[480sparky]

…or for about ¼ the cost, try this brush. Same basic idea as the Butterfly, but no motor, no lights, and it costs about $100 less. You use your rocket blower to blow air through the bristles, which accomplishes exactly the same thing that the Butterfly accomplishes by using its motor to spin the brush. I'll admit that the motorized spinning of the Butterfly looks like a mild advantage, but it's surely not worth an extra $100. I guess you could get the same effect by clamping this brush into the chuck of a power drill, and spinning it that way, but really, it's not that much trouble to just use the rocket blower on it.

My own hierarchy of sensor cleaning is as follows…

1. First, use the camera's built-in sensor cleaning cycle.
2. If that doesn't do it, then next, have the camera raise the mirror and open the shutter for cleaning, and use the rocket blower to try to blow anything off the sensor.
3. If there are still spots, then I use this brush. By this point, I very rarely have any spots left on my sensor.
4. In those rare instances where I have spots that survived all of the preceding, then it is time to resort to wet cleaning.

I got my AB for $40.

 

[hark]

Possibly relevant to your interests: the Carson Sensormag. I have one and it reeeally lights up your sensor for a good, magnified, visual inspection of the sensor. Build quality could be better but it was well worth the $20 I dropped on it. Use one and you could see this "Thing" in all its LED-illuminated, fully magnified beauty before launching your assault.

"Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted."
~ Sun Tzu
The Art of War​

Good luck to you!

*snappy salute*
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I gave this loupe a test run this afternoon, and it worked flawlessly! First I blew off the sensor with a Giottos Rocketblaster (which I've done 2-3 times already over the past month) then I peered down inside using the loupe. Low and behold there was something stuck on the sensor although I couldn't tell exactly what it was. Since I now knew exactly where the spot was located, I used the rocketblaster to blow it off a second time. No luck removing it.

So I did a wet cleaning with a sensor swab and Eclipse solution. No more spot!!!

Seriously...this loupe is amazing! It really lights up the sensor! There is even room to keep the loupe in place while using the swab, but I found I did a better job cleaning the sensor using the swab as it was intended (making a pass in each direction--I don't think I could have made the second pass back to the starting point with the loupe in place). Although the loupe came packaged in its own little zippered bag as well as a clear plastic bag, the magnifying glass did have a few dust spots on it--easily rectified though.

In any case, the spot is gone! Thanks again, Horoscope Fish!

 

[Horoscope Fish]

I gave this loupe a test run this afternoon, and it worked flawlessly! First I blew off the sensor with a Giottos Rocketblaster (which I've done 2-3 times already over the past month) then I peered down inside using the loupe. Low and behold there was something stuck on the sensor although I couldn't tell exactly what it was. Since I now knew exactly where the spot was located, I used the rocketblaster to blow it off a second time. No luck removing it.

So I did a wet cleaning with a sensor swab and Eclipse solution. No more spot!!!

Seriously...this loupe is amazing! It really lights up the sensor! There is even room to keep the loupe in place while using the swab, but I found I did a better job cleaning the sensor using the swab as it was intended (making a pass in each direction--I don't think I could have made the second pass back to the starting point with the loupe in place). Although the loupe came packaged in its own little zippered bag as well as a clear plastic bag, the magnifying glass did have a few dust spots on it--easily rectified though.

In any case, the spot is gone! Thanks again, Horoscope Fish!

It's funny because I was just wondering the other day if you'd dealt with The Beast yet or not. Have to agree, the loupe really does light up the interior like nothing else. Really glad to hear the solution was effective and relatively painless!

*high five*

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