Little Green Eyed Dragon wrote:

So I coughed up the 60.00 for sensor swipes and fluid and proceeded.
I have used just about the whole box and still lots of dust. Some guy
at the camera store suggested putting a single drop of fluid on the
sensor directly and I did it but the dust remains although it moves
from place to place,.... I don't believe there are any scratches
"yet"

NEVER EVER put liquid directly on the sensor of any camera unless the
manufacturer recommends this! We just had a thread were a gentleman ruined
his sensor by adding too much liquid to the swabs.

Make your own swabs with a PEC-PAD and use as little cleaner as possible.

Another suggestion from someone else was to use canned air
which the manual says specifically not to do. Has anyone successfully
tried this or has success with some other approach. I am probably
going send my D70 body back to Nikon, and get a number 2 body,...but
I would like to hear some feed back if possible here.

Be careful with canned compressed air which some are liquid propellants that
can come out as liquid if the can is tipped. I tried compressed air from a
compressor with the regulator turned down so low that I had a light stream
of air that I directed in the camera (not at the sensor) to get at the more
obvious dust in the surrounding areas. I followed this with a swipe using
the PEC-PAD method. There are many different ways and lots of resources on
the web for cleaning a sensor, so read them all and use the techniques that
work best for you and your camera. Just use caution and think before moving
and you'll be fine.





Rita