peterbkk
Member
There are a couple of threads in the forum about cleaning sensors but the topic was not fully covered and the threads were written a couple of years ago. So, with the wisdom of several years of using the CFV, I thought we could discuss this again and share experiences and ideas.
What is your sensor cleaning approach, timing and method?
Personally, when I first got the CFV, I went for 18 months without doing any sensor cleaning. I assumed (wrongly) that because the CFV was always attached to the body, with the shutter curtain covering its face, nothing could get to the sensor. Then I got hit with a "fungus spot" problem. (http://www.hasselbladinfo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3640)
When I received my CFV back from Hasselblad (new sensor filter and a clock battery that works) two months ago, I have monitored the CFV sensor face carefully. So far, after several excursions, the sensor is still spotless. No blobs showing up on images. Nothing visible on the senor when scanned with a magnifying glass.
To double-check, I took a 3-stops over-exposed, out-of-focus grey sky shot and went over every part in Photoshop. Could not find a spot of dust.
In my case, the CFV lives permanently on the 205FCC, which stays in its camera bag, in a closed, clean dehumidifying cabinet. After each trip, I take the CFV off the body, give it a few careful puffs with a blower-brush and put it straight back on to the camera and then into the dry storage. (The earlier fungus problem happened because I stopped using the dry cabinet to store the camera.)
I have bought a sensor cleaning kit from Copper Hill Images (SensorSweep brush, SensorSwipe / PecPad spatula and Eclipse cleaning fluid). So far, I have not had cause to use them.
I am wondering if there is anything else that I should be doing.
What are all you people doing about sensor cleaning?
Regards
Peter
What is your sensor cleaning approach, timing and method?
Personally, when I first got the CFV, I went for 18 months without doing any sensor cleaning. I assumed (wrongly) that because the CFV was always attached to the body, with the shutter curtain covering its face, nothing could get to the sensor. Then I got hit with a "fungus spot" problem. (http://www.hasselbladinfo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3640)
When I received my CFV back from Hasselblad (new sensor filter and a clock battery that works) two months ago, I have monitored the CFV sensor face carefully. So far, after several excursions, the sensor is still spotless. No blobs showing up on images. Nothing visible on the senor when scanned with a magnifying glass.
To double-check, I took a 3-stops over-exposed, out-of-focus grey sky shot and went over every part in Photoshop. Could not find a spot of dust.
In my case, the CFV lives permanently on the 205FCC, which stays in its camera bag, in a closed, clean dehumidifying cabinet. After each trip, I take the CFV off the body, give it a few careful puffs with a blower-brush and put it straight back on to the camera and then into the dry storage. (The earlier fungus problem happened because I stopped using the dry cabinet to store the camera.)
I have bought a sensor cleaning kit from Copper Hill Images (SensorSweep brush, SensorSwipe / PecPad spatula and Eclipse cleaning fluid). So far, I have not had cause to use them.
I am wondering if there is anything else that I should be doing.
What are all you people doing about sensor cleaning?
Regards
Peter