Digital Survival KIT - Sensor Swab Type 2 (w/Eclipse)
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Digital Survival KIT - Sensor Swab Type 2 (w/Eclipse)
Customer Review: Excellent - works as advertised
Summary: 5 Stars
I only recently realized that the spots that appeared on my photos when I used my new lens at F32 were actually on my sensor. I have a Canon Digital Rebel XT and have taken about 25,000 photos with it. Once I realized that I needed to clean the sensor, I did a bunch of research and found that the Eclipse solution was the way to go. I had tried air, and it just moved some of the spots around. There are other kits with more swabs and more sheets of lint-free cloth. However, I didn't want to spend a ton of money if I wasn't 100% sure I could clean the sensor.
Well, the kit arrived tonight. I followed the instructions and used two of the pre-wrapped swipes. I went from about 32 spots of visible dust down to 2 - both of which are quite minor and are on the very edge of the sensor. I couldn't be happier.
Customer Review: Excellent Product
Summary: 4 Stars
It was definitively a good purchase, specially since I was able to clean my sensor myself instead of sending it to a service center. The only challenge was to figure out how to use the swab and had to use two swabs before figuring out the proper way to do it.
Once I figured out how to use them my sensor was clean as new.
From start to finish took me 1 to two hours but I got swabs left for later use so I'm still saving money
Customer Review: For that stubborn dust
Summary: 5 Stars
I have sent the camera to get it professionally clean before, and this kit yields the same results. With this kit, I can clean it whenever I want and get quick turn-around.Customer Review: Get's the job done
Summary: 3 Stars
This is the second time buying this product to clean out dust from my Canon 20D (which unfortunately does not come equipped with the auto sensor clean feature the new cameras have.) The first time I used this product, I had to go through a few swabs because it was not getting all of the dirt off. This time around, same thing. I don't know if the dirt got caked on there, which I highly doubt because I never have the sensor exposed or if it's the actual swabs.
All I know is that if I had a newer camera and if I was not on a college student budget, I would send in my camera to the manufacturer or a shop where they can do it professionally and clean it out completely. If you scratch the sensor your camera will be useless.
Customer Review: Good, I think
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought a well-used Nikon D-40 and when I looked at my first picture of an evenly lit and colored surface (a clear blue sky) I saw that the sensor was quite speckled. Blowing it out with air got rid of some of the dust, but other motes clung hard. I was surprised that the only photo store I found in my area that had a sensor cleaning kit had one that even the store's sales associate didn't recommend, so I turned to Amazon.
If you look into sensor cleaning, many make it seem pretty daunting with all sorts of warnings. One person writing about it had a calmer approach to it, saying that when you clean a sensor you're not really cleaning the sensor but the piece of glass that's over it, so be careful but you don't have to treat it like you're diffusing a bomb. This kit worked fine, but I haven't taken a photo under the right circumstances and scrutinized it yet. I haven't noticed specks in any of my photos and I'll just go with that. The case is a little bit overdone -- it's not something you're going to do so often that you need to carry this with you in your camera bag unless you're traveling for a long time and changing lenses often. At the same time, I do wish they'd supplied more than four swabs as you're supposed to make just one pass over the sensor glass with each cleaning. They give you ten 4"X4" non abrasive wipes, which is fine but not for use on sensors, unless you want to be clever and cut them up and attach them to the plastic swab with the little rubber bands holing the material on them already. If you do this, you'll have a lifetime supply of swabs.