D70 Sensor Cleaning Technique

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George - 17 Jan 2007 18:48 GMT

I cleaned my D70's sensor the other day and now it doesn't seem to work
quite right.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photophool/357702580/

Is there some special technique I should have used?

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HankB - 17 Jan 2007 18:54 GMT

> I cleaned my D70's sensor the other day and now it doesn't seem to work
> quite right.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/photophool/357702580/
>
> Is there some special technique I should have used?

Yes.

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George - 17 Jan 2007 19:06 GMT

>> I cleaned my D70's sensor the other day and now it doesn't seem to work
>> quite right.
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>
> Yes.

I thought so. Should the water have been hotter or should I have used more
soap?

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Mike Coon - 17 Jan 2007 22:55 GMT

> I thought so. Should the water have been hotter or should I have used
> more soap?

I must look up in "Alice in Wonderland" what they used "Best Butter" for
improving. It wasn't the same as in "Last Tango", I'm sure...

Mike.

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HankB - 18 Jan 2007 13:44 GMT

> >> I cleaned my D70's sensor the other day and now it doesn't seem to work
> >> quite right.
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> I thought so. Should the water have been hotter or should I have used more
> soap?

You need some pressure behind the water to dislodge stubborn particles.

I prefer detergent because it does not leave behind a soap scum.

HTH,
hank

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Mardon - 17 Jan 2007 19:59 GMT

> I cleaned my D70's sensor the other day and now it doesn't seem to work
> quite right.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/photophool/357702580/
> Is there some special technique I should have used?

I'm a Canon owner, so just curious. Is your method the one Nikon suggests?
Seems about right for a D70. ;)

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George - 17 Jan 2007 23:54 GMT

>> I cleaned my D70's sensor the other day and now it doesn't seem to work
>> quite right.
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>
> OK - I just couldn't resist. No flames please; said in jest! :)

I own Canons too in addition to a "working" D70s. You won't get any flames
from me. :-) I'm just having fun and getting some fairly uniques images out
of something I mught otherwaise just have thrown away. That D70 body has
already been re-frozen in a large block of ice for the next image in the
"nikon n ice" series.

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C J Campbell - 18 Jan 2007 00:50 GMT

>> I cleaned my D70's sensor the other day and now it doesn't seem to work
>> quite right.
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> I'm a Canon owner, so just curious. Is your method the one Nikon suggests?
> Seems about right for a D70. ;)

Actually, this method only works with Nikon. Canon sensors should be cleaned
with a blowtorch. :-)

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DoN. Nichols - 19 Jan 2007 03:58 GMT

According to C J Campbell <christophercampbellnospam@hotmail.com>:

> >> I cleaned my D70's sensor the other day and now it doesn't seem to work
> >> quite right.
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> Actually, this method only works with Nikon. Canon sensors should be cleaned
> with a blowtorch. :-)

    A genuine old gasoline or kerosene fueled blowtorch which you
have to pump up prior to lighting? Those are hard to find these days.
It seems that some consider them to be dangerous. :-)

    Would a propane or perhaps a MAAP torch work as well?

    Or perhaps go to oxy-acetylene with a rosebud head?

    Enjoy,
        DoN.

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cjcampbell - 20 Jan 2007 05:43 GMT

> According to C J Campbell <christophercampbellnospam@hotmail.com>:
>>
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> have to pump up prior to lighting? Those are hard to find these days.
> It seems that some consider them to be dangerous. :-)

Ah, heck. They are only Canon users. :-)

>     Would a propane or perhaps a MAAP torch work as well?
>
>     Or perhaps go to oxy-acetylene with a rosebud head?
>
>     Enjoy,
>         DoN.

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