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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Lust4Life on May 24, 2007, 07:15:53 am
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I've recently purchased the Phase One P-45 (Plus is on order) and wanted opinions on the best devices to use for cleaning the sensor.
I use the P-45 on the Hasselblad 503CW and it is frequently altered between horizontal and vertical percpectives in the field (I do primarily landscape work).
Your suggestions and lessons learned would be appreciated.
Jack
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Dear Jack,
since nobody is answering to you.
I have been told by many DMF back users, that the best cleaning system is the Sinar "Digital Cleaning Kit", even on non-Sinar backs.
I believe this for having tried a couple of others.
You can have this from any Sinar distributor (Item N° 551.33.090): it consist of a set of Micro Fiber Cleaning Cloths, an "Agent Blue" liquid for removing stains and Ethanol 95% for a regular and clean surface without any traces, and a tool to wipe the IR filter regularely and on the whole surface.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Thierry
I've recently purchased the Phase One P-45 (Plus is on order) and wanted opinions on the best devices to use for cleaning the sensor.
I use the P-45 on the Hasselblad 503CW and it is frequently altered between horizontal and vertical percpectives in the field (I do primarily landscape work).
Your suggestions and lessons learned would be appreciated.
Jack
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I've recently purchased the Phase One P-45 (Plus is on order) and wanted opinions on the best devices to use for cleaning the sensor.
I use the P-45 on the Hasselblad 503CW and it is frequently altered between horizontal and vertical percpectives in the field (I do primarily landscape work).
Your suggestions and lessons learned would be appreciated.
Jack
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I have the Visable Dust Brush from [a href=\"http://www.visibledust.com/]http://www.visibledust.com/[/url]
I originally purchased this for my Canon. But it works totally great on my Phase One back.
It is a dry application.
Unless you have a real smudge or some kind of grease on it, this works great.
You just charge the brush by blowing on the brush with canned air and do a couple of swipes over the glass cover on the sensor. I just do it before each shoot and almost never have to clone out dust spots anymore. I don't ever use the canned air directly on the chip.
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It's my understanding the kit comes with cleaning supplies from Phase. I'll be finding out later today and will post again.
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I always try to not use any of the wet cleaning systems unless I really need to. like a fingerprint or something. Maybe it is just me, but evertime I end up with some kind of new smudge from the cleaning process and have a difficult time getting back to pristine again. I tried the Phase supplied kit once and it is very gooey stuff. just my own 2 cents though
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The digiclean that is supplied with the Phase backs does a good job...I find it much easier to clean a mfdb than a dslr body. Calumet here in NYC has the kit for thirty bucks.
I use a P25 with a 500c/m body and on a Cambo WDS. I find using a rocket blower frequently is the best way to keep the sensor clear of dust and allows me to go much longer between wet cleanings.
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I use Carl Zeiss lens cleaning fluid and Kodak lens paper. It works very well.
On a 1DSII I use the Arctic Butterfly - That works too but not so effectively as there always seems to be a stray speck or two left behind.
One of the great things about MFDB's is that you can take them off the camera body and really have a go at removing the dust. Sometimes, especially if I'm in a sandy or desert environment I'll use a blower as airborne particles tend to be more abrasive. On a recent job in Crete I was quite surprised how much of the Sahara blowing across from Africa via the mediterranean was ending up on my sensor; needless to say the blower helped a lot and is probably as useful as the wet cleaning materials if you work outdoors.
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I second the sinar cleaning kit, it's outstanding. I use it on my Imacon back whenever the rocket blower doesn't do it. When shooting outside in dust environments, I also wrap 1/4 inch black photo tape around the camera where the adapter meets the camera body of my cambo wide ds. This helps a little with the dust.
Peace,
Weldon
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I've recently purchased the Phase One P-45 (Plus is on order) and wanted opinions on the best devices to use for cleaning the sensor.
I use the P-45 on the Hasselblad 503CW and it is frequently altered between horizontal and vertical percpectives in the field (I do primarily landscape work).
Your suggestions and lessons learned would be appreciated.
Jack
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Didn't the Phase One also supply the cleaning kit with the back? The kit contain 2 liquid solution, one for cleaning the surface and one for 2nd stage cleaning. Supplied with the kit is some cleaning tissue and a hard plastic pick that you can wrap the cleaning tissue around it for cleaning.
I switch the back between Contax 645 and Alpa SWA12 and each time I did so I usually use air blower to clean it. Before a cirtical assignment, I always shoot the white reference first to find any particle or dirt on the CCD so I make sure I clean them before job.
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Phase One does provide the Digiclean with a 3 year warranty back. It is a great cleaner for the really hard to remove spots, otherwise I go with Eric's recommendation of the rocket blower. We also ask people to put a small piece of plastic between the caps once they are open. They tend to leak a bit after they are opened.
Chris Lawery
Sales Manager
Capture Integration
www.captureintegration.com