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[BeautyLLM]

There is a schmeer of schmootz on my 30D sensor

I read on another board that if air doesn't work, try lightly (ultra-lightly) wiping with very tip of a sterile Q-tip. This is how what I thought was a dust spot became a schmeer, maybe about 3/8 inch long. What to do now? Any guidance would be MOST appreciated!

 

[boBQuincy]

[Yoda]Yogg you have on your sensor, hmm...[/Yoda]

Shmootz, yogg, whatever, a q-tip is not a good way to remove it. Even a sterile q-tip wil leave more fibers and stuff than it removes.

Go to copperhillimages.com and order their sensor cleaning kit (or any other equivalent) and do a wet cleaning. The yogg is probably oil from the mechanism or some other floating moist stuff from the skies. Wiping it with a dry item will definitely smear it.

For now you are best to leave it, any further dry cleaning is likely make it worse or scratch the sensor filter.

 

[BeautyLLM]

Thanks Bob, I placed the order with Copperhill. Hopefully it won't take too long to get here!

On a related note, I called my local photo store to buy it from them and geez, I wish there was a decent store nearby. The guy didn't even know what I was talking about at first, and after putting me on hold, came back and said they had it for $50. OK, it's $30 plus shipping from Copperhill...give me a break!

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Hey Bob, think you should remind BeautyLLM that you should only clean the sensor with a fully charged battery? Wouldn't want to farkle that shutter curtain.

Oh, and be thankful that you aren't allergic to your sensor. Could you imagine camera sensors made you sneeze?

 

[Groucho]

Try using a Rocket Blower first, most goobers on the sensor can come off that way without the need to start using liquid cleaning.

Yes, you will need to liquid clean eventually, but not constantly.

 

[AndrewWG]

I'm starting to think that the 30D sensor is really sticky. I get alot of schmootz schmeers or sticky goobers on mine all the time and cannot get them off with the rocket blower. Perhaps there is even a learning curve to how to properly use the Rocket Blower?

 

[boBQuincy]

Hey Bob, think you should remind BeautyLLM that you should only clean the sensor with a fully charged battery? Wouldn't want to farkle that shutter curtain.

Oh, and be thankful that you aren't allergic to your sensor. Could you imagine camera sensors made you sneeze?

The shutter curtain got farkled first and then the mirror got "realigned", as I pulled the cleaning brush out just after the battery quit and the shutter closed.
It was *only* a $300 mistake... I have wasted more $$$ on stupider things, like the only Chrysler product I ever bought, but that's another story.

And the $300 included replacing one of the buttons that was going bad, what a bargain!

Anyway, ***Public Service Announcement - use a fully charged battery for sensor cleaning !

 

[BeautyLLM]

Yes, I tried the rocket blower first. When it didn't move the schmootz, I did some reading and came up with the q-tip solution...I should have known better....

Anyway, thanks for the fully charged battery reminder, all I need is to do something ELSE to my camera!

 

[extreme8]

Farkle, Yogg, Schmootz, Sticky Goobers...

Never noticed before, but there's a definite Dr. Seuss influence at work in digital photography....

 

[BeautyLLM]

Hey Connecticut neighbor!

I agree, but Dr Seuss doesn't get credit for schmootz or schmutz...it's actually Yiddish for dirt

 

[MICKEY88]

The shutter curtain got farkled first and then the mirror got "realigned", as I pulled the cleaning brush out just after the battery quit and the shutter closed.
It was *only* a $300 mistake... I have wasted more $$$ on stupider things, like the only Chrysler product I ever bought, but that's another story.

And the $300 included replacing one of the buttons that was going bad, what a bargain!

Anyway, ***Public Service Announcement - use a fully charged battery for sensor cleaning !

I'd love to hear the Chrysler story sometime