Sensor cleaning in Bristol

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Hi all

Does anyone know a good place to get sensor cleaning in Bristol? I tried calumet but they said it would be £36. Is there any cheaper place than this or is this about the best price I would be able to get for my Nikon D90?

Thanks.
 
jryans10 said:
Hi all

Does anyone know a good place to get sensor cleaning in Bristol? I tried calumet but they said it would be £36. Is there any cheaper place than this or is this about the best price I would be able to get for my Nikon D90?

Thanks.
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I'd suggest learning yourself and buying cleaning kit. It's not hard and will take 5 minutes
There's a few threads on here about it and youtube etc videos
I was really scared first time, but it really is simple. Just do plenty homework and be very careful :thumbs:
 
If you can use a pen, you can clean a sensor.

Really nothing to worry about, and its likely a shop won't do any better of a job than you could do yourself.
 
jackthekipper said:
DIY John, it's nowhere near as difficult as you may think.
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I wish I found it that easy. I gave up after trying about every single method.

Black on White are quick and reasonably priced
 
Eclipse and pec pads, I've tried a few others and nothing gets it as clean as this combination for me anyways. The last time I took a camera to a shop for a sensor clean, just before a holiday, they said they couldn't clean it as it was too dirty :help: so I bought and used a visible dust kit with smear away and it made it worse. I managed to get some eclipse and pec pads and 3 swabs later it was the cleanest I'd seen it. I shake fairly badly and have minimal feeling in my right hand and think if I can do it anyone can :thumbs:
 
I've seen this bloke talk to a group about this; he's superb.
http://www.cameraclean.co.uk/Tutorial_Beginners_Home.php
That link is also the best sensor cleaning resource I know of online - not knowing about the two stage approach explains why a lot of people (including me) failed to get good results.
He also does sessions where he shows you how to do it 'properly' yourself; he aims you never need to go back to him.
IIRC he's Swindon based, so not too far from Bristol.
 
JohnPh said:
Eclipse and pec pads, I've tried a few others and nothing gets it as clean as this combination for me anyways. The last time I took a camera to a shop for a sensor clean, just before a holiday, they said they couldn't clean it as it was too dirty :help: so I bought and used a visible dust kit with smear away and it made it worse. I managed to get some eclipse and pec pads and 3 swabs later it was the cleanest I'd seen it. I shake fairly badly and have minimal feeling in my right hand and think if I can do it anyone can :thumbs:
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It is great you haven't managed to smear the sensor (with mirror lubricant spots) and that you didn't shift the gunk simply to one side.
That's all I managed to get with pec pads. Oh and the lint issue...

If you could comment how to deal with that I'd be really grateful. The Ds is in need of a good spring clean and I could do with that £35 in my pocket.
 
Black on White on Coldharbour Rd are very good. If you leave a memory card in the camera they'll leave before and after images on it. I think they're £36.


Edit: Ah, I see they've already been mentioned above
 
daugirdas said:
It is great you haven't managed to smear the sensor (with mirror lubricant spots) and that you didn't shift the gunk simply to one side.
That's all I managed to get with pec pads. Oh and the lint issue...

If you could comment how to deal with that I'd be really grateful. The Ds is in need of a good spring clean and I could do with that £35 in my pocket.
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Oh believe me I smeared it, so badly I had stuff showing at f/8 funnily enough the worst culprit for that was Smear away :shrug: ......and me!!

I just follow the copperhill method, nothing else. The one thing I found at first was applying too much cleaning fluid made things worse, two drops is just about right with a 10-15 second wait to ensure it soaks into the swab.

http://www.copperhillimages.com/index.php?pr=Tutorials
 
If you fancy a short trip down the M4 this guy will show you how to clean your sensor and charges about £25. This will then give you the confidence to do your own cleaning in the future.

http://www.cameraclean.co.uk/
 
Another vote for Black on White in Redland. Had several Canon lens repairs done there and also they have replaced shutter for me in my 5D - and cleaned the sensor very nicely in the process.

Nice people in there, happy to explain stuff to you.
 
MidnightUK said:
Another vote for Black on White in Redland.
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I've used them and am happy to recommend them. Albeit what I had done was having a lens with a sticky focus ring sorted out (turned out it was full of sand!)

Not the fastest but very reasonable price IMO.
 
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