leaving tomorrow, need QUICK sensor fix

[llpc60]

leaving to a car show tomorrow and need to get my sensor at least a little bit cleaner

I dont have time to order anything online, so Im wondering if a nylon brush for CVS(or wtf ever else) will do me ok, just for now?

 

[ryosuke]

if the dust isn't sticky and there is not too much of it, these help:

at least they did on the last two occasion that a lonely dust particle has managed to evade the dust filter on my olympus.

 

[AxlxA]

lol.... those are cutips.

 

[llpc60]

Im afraid Q-tips are gonna leave more dust than they take

 

[Viper007Bond]

Use a Q-tip to push on a glasses cleaning cloth?

 

[BerserkerCatSplat]

^Still most likely to leave more dust than it takes.

Sensor Swabs + Eclipse fluid do the trick for me, you can probably get them at most local camera shops. Read up on the CopperHill cleaning method and have at 'er.

 

[llpc60]

results for dry q-tip. took me about 3 tries to get it to that

guess which is before/after.

could it be better? sure
did I expect it to be better? no
am I happy? HELL YES

am I gonna bother tryin to get it better? neva

...and Im not even going to the show anymore :lol:

 

[ryosuke]

hm, i think in that case a proper clean would have been due, but its a massive improvement indeed. although some of it seems to have been sweeped to the right edge...
as i said, i only use cutips for the odd speck that evades the olympus' filter, not for a full sensor clean. and for that job they work great.