CCD cleaning, how do pros do it?

[molested_cow]

I just sent my D700 for a clean. It's cheap and quick. Then I asked the technician how they do it, and he just showed me a tweezer and said they clean it like how they will clean lens. Of course the trick is not to damage the glass and without any residue. I thought it will be more sophisticated, or may be it's just him?

So how do the professional technicians do it?

 

[Scatterbrained]

Technically it would be a CMOS not a CCD. I use the standard wet cleaning method with these:
Amazon.com: Digital Survival KIT - Sensor Swab Type 3 (w/Eclipse): Everything Else

 

[molested_cow]

Scatterbrained, I do have that kit, but there will always be "stuffs" left at the edges of the sensor where I can't get it, not even with a blower. That's why I gave up doing it myself.

 

[snowbear118 49]

Dishwasher, top rack. Don't forget the Jet-Dry.

I use the same thing as Scatterbrained, and it's worked just fine.

 

[480sparky42 41]

....... and he just showed me a tweezer......

Tweezers?

 

[Designer]

....... and he just showed me a tweezer......

Tweezers?

For the larger chunks.

 

[pixmedic]

canned air.
there's a picture of a camera right on the can, so it must be ok to use for that.

 

[astroNikon]

I use sensor cleaning swabs
Photographic Solutions Sensor Swab Type 3 (12-Pack) SS3BOX B&H

 

[Tom47]

I ship them off to Nikon once a year for cleaning and adjustment. If I use one an very dusty area than it may go sooner.

 

[KmH]

CCD cleaning, how do pros do it?

+1
Send the camera(s) to NPS yearly.

 

[tirediron]

I must do something differently; I've 'been digital' since the D1/D100 days, and I've never sent a camera out for a sensor cleaning. Somewhere in my gear cupboard, I've got an Arctic Butterfly, but that hasn't seen the light of day since self-cleaning sensors became the norm. I generally use the self-clean function just before a shoot, and that's all.

 

[KmH]

The yearly trip to NPS was for routine maintenance - Lube, Clean, Adjust - which involves more than just a sensor cleaning.

I used a hand blower on an image sensor 2 times (different cameras). I have never had a need to wipe (wet or dry) a digital image sensor in any of my digital cameras.

 

[astroNikon]

I must do something differently; I've 'been digital' since the D1/D100 days, and I've never sent a camera out for a sensor cleaning. Somewhere in my gear cupboard, I've got an Arctic Butterfly, but that hasn't seen the light of day since self-cleaning sensors became the norm. I generally use the self-clean function just before a shoot, and that's all.

Yes, but us with d600s do it quite often.
but ... after 3 times at Nikon we can get a d610

 

[petrochemist119 144]

canned air.
there's a picture of a camera right on the can, so it must be ok to use for that.

Canned air can have residual hydrocarbons (oil) which will be difficult to shift from your sensor.
Fine for the outside & lenses perhaps but unless you have a special high grade of canned air I'd avoid it like the plague.

 

[molested_cow]

Well I guess none of you is a professional camera technican.