david_clark10 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Hey all, I picked this up from a friend and don't claim to have thought it up but seems like a good idea........When changing lenses on a digital SLR change them inside a clear plastic bag (like those new hifi's etc come in). It means the static in the bag will attract the dust and in theory reduce the amount going into the camera shutter area and in turn onto the CCD. More help indoors in a dusty environment but I've been doing it and will soon know if it works. I get the CCD cleaned frequently at the moment on my D100 nd D1X and find this expensive so always looking for ways around the problem. Any other hint appreciated........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 When I clean the CCD, I take the time to dust (brush) the inside of the camera and the rear elements of each lens, its mount, and rear lens cap. I've had much less problem with dust on the sensor as a result. I cleaned it last week, for the first time in nearly 3 months, to remove only two specks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg s Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Before going digi I thought dust was gonna be a big deal. So far I've cleaned the sensor 2 or 3 times in 10 months. Will clean again before next month's trip, but the whole dust deal has pleasantly turned out to be no problemo. I just blow the outside of the cam & lenses, and change quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 geez, wouldn't it make sense for them to put a sealed glass plate a little distance in front of the CCD? then the dust would fall out of focus and be much less of a problem..... :)= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyio Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Hi all I just clen it one time by blow. Does anyone use vacuum cleaner (small one) to clean their CCD? yyio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaytyagi Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 The trick I saw the Nikon rep do with the D2H was to point the camera down always when changing lenses. Dust almost always falls downwards unless it is windy then maybe use the plastic bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_clark10 Posted February 19, 2004 Author Share Posted February 19, 2004 Richard on glass plate idea.....certain Canons are less prone to obvious dust marks because they have a said screen/filter several mm infront of the main CCD. Can't remember what its for, possibly anti-moire but it definitely makes the same amount of dust less visable than the D100 and D1 not sure on other models (as I don't own them). Nikon CCD's use the same / similar screen but it is actually attached to the CCD or there is no gap between, hence the dust is often more visable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg s Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 This link is the proverbial bible on the dust topic... http://www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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