Copper Hill Images Wet/Dry Kit
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A few big cautions: your fingers have oils on them that will smear and leave a smudge behind if you get some on your sensor, you can do this by touching the bristles of the SensorSweep or the PecPads themselves where the wipes touch your sensor. Do not handle the brush bristles or any part of the PecPads that will be near the sensor so you don’t leave any smudges behind.
Once you use one side of the PecPad you can turn it over and use the other side of the tip to wipe again but you want to throw it out once you have used it once on each side. Do not be stingy here and never use it more than that one time as the dust will be on the pad now and may scratch the sensor.
You can take the rubber band off and put a new PecPad on simply by wrapping it around the rubber tip and securing it with a rubber band or tape. I found it was pretty simple to do without wearing rubber gloves like doctors do but you may want to get a few pairs just to be on the safe side. The instructions say how to wrap the pad on and the use of gloves if you feel the need.
The pack of PecPads I received was slit open on the side so you can easy grab a new pad and pull it out only handling it by the edges. Wrapping it around the SensorSwipe is simple by following the directions but just seeing that you need to have a flat and smooth edge that is going against the sensors flat surface is simple to figure out how the PecPad should go on the SensorSwipe.
After the one cleaning with the PecPad I shut down the camera and checked out a picture of a white piece of card stock to see I left a couple of extra dust bunnies from all my work but the big spot or dust or whatever in the middle bottom was gone. I went back to the SensorSweep brush and got rid of the dust that had gotten on the sensor and my job was finished.
It took me about an hour with cleaning as well as taking several photos of my work for the article so it should not take much time the next time I do this. In all I saved myself a hefty bill for cleaning my camera at a professional that will probably do exactly what I did. The kit is a really simple solution to having a clean sensor and makes for a nice investment for your complete camera setup.
To send your camera in to be cleaned professionally could cost from $25 to $100 but with the initial investment of less than $45 you can have all the tools and knowledge to do it yourself many times in the future. The Copper Hill Images solution is a great and fairly easy way to clean your digital cameras sensor yourself with a little practice and careful but simple work.
I highly recommend the Copper Hill Images SensorSweep and SensorSwipe kits like the Wet/Dry Kit for your digital camera. Be sure to check on you’re camera type and sensor size when purchasing products as the sensors are a different size depending on make and model of camera.