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13-09-2006, 05:37 PM
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| | | Re: Stubborn Dust
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Originally Posted by eeyore (Andy Rouse has a great story about a guy who got marmalade on his sensor while cleaning it  ) | Marmalade!? That sounds like an incurable PIBCAC problem - Pillock Inserted Between Chair and Camera!  |
13-09-2006, 05:38 PM
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| | | Re: Stubborn Dust
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Originally Posted by Boddie If swapping a lens takes seconds and the camera is upside down, how come cleaning the lens, with the camera downside up, which also takes minutes, does not result in dust on the sensor? | biggest single cause of dust on the sensor is changing lenses with the camera switched on - sensor is charged and thus attracts all manner of cack, the second is wind blown dust, hopefully neither of these apply to sensor cleaning , but you are right it is an issue and thus another reason to have it done in a clean room environment
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13-09-2006, 05:38 PM
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| | | Re: Stubborn Dust
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Originally Posted by Boddie If swapping a lens takes seconds and the camera is upside down, how come cleaning the lens, with the camera downside up, which also takes minutes, does not result in dust on the sensor? | Because when you clean the sensor the camera is switch on and the dust is attracted to the tape inside? 
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13-09-2006, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Gaina Marmalade!? That sounds like an incurable PIBCAC problem - Pillock Inserted Between Chair and Camera! | apparently he had had a nice bit of marmalde on toast earlier and had inadvertantly got it down his front - as he lent forward to clean his sensor a nice big blob dropped off, plop, stright onto the sensor - Ohhhh dearr - that camera went back to cannon for cleaning and apparently cost the muppet concerned 400 notes to rectify because the camera had to be disassembled for cleaning
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13-09-2006, 05:41 PM
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| | | Re: Stubborn Dust
A preventative regime could help enormously,sensible handling would reduce the incidence,especially with people who are not semi professional and by necessity changing lenses frequently
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Crumbs, I washed my hands and wiped my wheelie table down before I started...that's gotta be a sign of O.C.D hahaha. | | | |
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