Pec Pads (sensor cleaning)

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Has anyone tried and succeeded cleaning the sensor with PEC PADS?

I bought a pack, and tried using them on old plastic bits from V dust swabs. I am getting quite a bit of mess as pec pads would easily disintegrate... The original swabs were a pain due to cost, and I still had dirty edges at the end. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Please advise.
£60 every time at Canon is not an option, nor £30 for 10 very debatable swabs. Mine needs a clean every few days to honest. 5DIII will also have to wait due to limited funds.
 
neil_g said:
I've used them maybe 12 months ago on a 20D with no issues, worked really well.

Not putting too much fluid on the swab?
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admitedly I used 'generous' amount (3 drops) in the first pass to deal with excess dust, but I didn't expect to disintegrate to fibres. 1Ds rough walls didn't help there either, but wasn't a problem with VDust overpriced stuff.
 
I've used them for years usually with one to two drops of Eclipse. I've never had one even look like beginning to break up.

Could they be fake pads?
 
woof woof said:
I've used them for years usually with one to two drops of Eclipse. I've never had one even look like beginning to break up.

Could they be fake pads?
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No idea! They were ordered from Crooked imaging via ebay so should be the right stuff.

BeeJayEff said:
Just out of interest - why is that ?
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I don't like cleaning dust from my photos, and got better things to do instead?
 
I REUSE my expensive vDust pads. I know you are not supposed to, but I figure as long as I'm only moving dust around and not grit, it will be OK to reuse a few times. I only reuse if I knew my sensor is relatively clean and the pad was only lightly used last time. I also find it is much easier to see what you are doing if you have a lit loupe.

I clean my sensor almost every time I use my camera (even a single dust bunny annoys me and I'm often at F13+ doing product photography for my partners business so they are visible) and couldn't afford new pads every time.

Your mileage may vary though and you may not think it worth reusing pads in case of damage to your sensor (which would be significantly more cost than the pads).
 
arad85 said:
I REUSE my expensive vDust pads. I know you are not supposed to, but I figure as long as I'm only moving dust around and not grit, it will be OK to reuse a few times. I only reuse if I knew my sensor is relatively clean and the pad was only lightly used last time. I also find it is much easier to see what you are doing if you have a lit loupe.

I clean my sensor almost every time I use my camera (even a single dust bunny annoys me and I'm often at F13+ doing product photography for my partners business so they are visible) and couldn't afford new pads every time.

Your mileage may vary though and you may not think it worth reusing pads in case of damage to your sensor (which would be significantly more cost than the pads).
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I've tried re-using them with limited success. I tend to get smearing, if the old one went over an oil spot. 1-series are lubricated very generously, and oil gets on the sensor sooner or later.

At anything f/13+ even the tiniest specs are visible, and they must be cleaned off before they go to an agency or even my own website. If I did weddings at f/2.8-4 I would see none of this rubbish :thinking:. Time to change profile I think
 
daugirdas said:
I've tried re-using them with limited success. I tend to get smearing, if the old one went over an oil spot. 1-series are lubricated very generously, and oil gets on the sensor sooner or later.
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On my 5D2 it is only ever dust that needs shifting.
 
arad85 said:
On my 5D2 it is only ever dust that needs shifting.
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I do get some thoughts about getting 5D2 for some work, but I can't commit myself getting rid of either 1DsII or 1DIII (backup or for low light work (weddings) or high fps job that I haven't even done once). mkiii would be great but not at that price :gag:
 
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