I clean mine every couple weeks, but I do nothing more than blow it off with a sterile ear-syringe bulb. You won't see dust spots on most prints. It takes f22 dof or so to make them show up. Do a swish pan against a white sky at f22. If you have any dust specs, they'll show up as fuzzy spots. Paul
> I'm curious as to why exactly people seem so eager to clean their > CCDs. Did you see the dust in your images? I've had my istD since > September, and haven't noticed anything bad in my pictures. I haven't > looked at the CCD either, as I don't care to maximize the chances of > dust getting in there. > > How often to you guys clean it? > > j > > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:41:25 -0500, David Zaninovic > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was cleaning my CCD yesterday with copperhill method. I did not destroy > > my > CCD. :) > > It was quite easy, I needed 4 pec-pads to remove 99% of the dust. I still > have some left, I think it is stuck so it will need more > > cleanings to go away. It is probably stuck because of me using the > > compressed > air. I will not use compressed air or bulb blower > > any more. > > I did not find it hard to wrap pec pads around spatula as I thought by > > reading > all the instructions and peoples opinions. > > > > > > > -- > Juan Buhler > http://www.jbuhler.com > blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog >
