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Help - dirty sensor

Postby Willy wombat on Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:43 pm

Hi Canberra friends.

I have been breeding dust bunnies in recent weeks and would dearly love to borrow a rocket blower from someone to have a go at cleaning my sensor.

Can anyone please help me out? Failing that, is there a cheap local or online place to buy one that someone can point out?
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Postby christiand on Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:48 pm

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Postby christiand on Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:51 pm

Hi Steve,

I have a Giotto rocket Blower.
where do you live or where do you work ?
I live in Gordon and work in Queanbeyan.

We may be able to organise a meet between your camera and the Giotto :lol:

Cheers,
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Postby Thommo on Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:03 pm

i know that fletchers (now digital city) in civic stock giotto blowers.

i really should clean my sensor as well but i only notice it for daylight shooting (which i dont do much of)


2 years without a wet clean
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Postby Willy wombat on Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:39 pm

christiand wrote:Hi Steve,

I have a Giotto rocket Blower.
where do you live or where do you work ?
I live in Gordon and work in Queanbeyan.

We may be able to organise a meet between your camera and the Giotto :lol:

Cheers,
CD


Hey CD

Sent you a PM - Thanks ever so much. I live in Braddon and work in Barton, can we meet up on the weekend?
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Postby Willy wombat on Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:41 pm

Thommo wrote:i know that fletchers (now digital city) in civic stock giotto blowers.

i really should clean my sensor as well but i only notice it for daylight shooting (which i dont do much of)


2 years without a wet clean


Thanks Thommo

I will have to look into getting one for my very own. Do you know if their prices are competitive?
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Postby Thommo on Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:57 am

Willy wombat wrote:
Thommo wrote:i know that fletchers (now digital city) in civic stock giotto blowers.

i really should clean my sensor as well but i only notice it for daylight shooting (which i dont do much of)


2 years without a wet clean


Thanks Thommo

I will have to look into getting one for my very own. Do you know if their prices are competitive?


From memory the blower was around $20 so not too bad.
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Postby Willy wombat on Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:45 am

Big thanks to Christian D who helped me clean my gear over the weekend. Also thanks for the play with those extension tubes, they look like a lot of fun and will be going on my christmas list.

Cheers
Steve
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Postby christiand on Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:55 pm

Hi Steve,

glad I was of help.
When you get back from your trip to Vietnam and Cambodia (in December ?) - show us your pictures.

Cheers,
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