Sensor cleaning

I recently bought a sensor cleaning kit with a blower and two brushes not very unlike the one featured here. Luminous Landscape has a great article on sensor cleaning that I followed. So here follow a few pictures from my cleaning session. It should be noted that I have tried cleaning it with a swab and some lens cleaning stuff before so rather than being nicely spread out, my dust was here and there collected in little stacks. Have a look at the changes. I did three sweeps and got to the point where I couldn’t quickly spot any dust. Bonus points to find dust I didn’t spot. :-) The entire thing took about 5 minutes:

Before the cleaningAfter the first sweepAfter the second sweepAfter the last sweep - no dust

The following two cleaning pages are also nice: photo.net and Rob Galbraith.

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Hi. I’m Niklas Saers, often called Nik, and this is my weblog. I make great iOS, Mac and Java software, play the recorder and enjoy life with my beautiful wife. You can learn more about me, view my résumé, or grab me via LinkedIn or Facebook. In addition to this site I am frequently posting thoughts on Twitter and photos on Flickr. You can read more about me and how to get in touch with me here.
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