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[OM] Re: 5D Cleaning Problems?

Subject: [OM] Re: 5D Cleaning Problems?
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:38:39 -0500
Some new sensors have a "tin oxide" coating and these are the type that 
are so easily damaged.

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Moose wrote:
> Winsor Crosby wrote:
> 
>>A thread on dpreview indicates a potential problem with cleaning the  
>>5D sensor with PecPads and Eclipse.
>>
>>http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032&message=22111367
>>  
> 
> Ooooh, that's painful. You know there's trouble to come when he says "I 
> have cleaned my 10D sensor MANY times".  He's the sort that cause those 
> lenses with "cleaning marks". Probably has to replace his bathtub every 
> few years, too. "Rub harder!"
> 
> I've cleaned my 5D once, with a hand blower. Does it have a couple of 
> small smudges on clear sky at full pixel at f22? Yup. Do I care? Nope.
> 
> They may show up in one image out of a hundred or less and take a second 
> to fix, if I blow it up enough for one or two to be noticeable.  It is 
> just nothing like what shows up on film, even when I'm careful.
> 
> Obsession has its price.
> 
> Moose
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