Sensor cleaning question

[Mary Anne]

And this is an important point!
The longer you leave it, the harder it is to finally get '100%' clean.

The sensor in your camera produces an amount of static electricity as it is enabled.
This static apparently bakes the dust onto the sensor's filter pack.
More static means that it's going to bake on even more as time goes by.

I once read an article on how you can convert a peizo static lighter to operate as a static discharge device, that when pointed in the direction of the sensor, help to weaken the dust off the sensor prior to a proper wet clean.
Haven't found any peizo lighters of the right type to try it out for myself .. yet.

I think I used to have one of those lighters years ago when I lived in Melbourne to light the BBQ or was it the Cook Top are they the ones you mean

I ordered the Copperhills for the two cameras last night Arthur and hubby is going to help me clean both sensors
I will see how we go..

[arthurking83]

I think I used to have one of those lighters years ago when I lived in Melbourne to light the BBQ or was it the Cook Top are they the ones you mean

....

you're probably thinking of the same thing. They're the type that used to only create a spark after building up an amount of resistance, where it would then make a click and the spark would jump between the centre electrode and the edge of the tip.

What you do with it, is to pull out the spark making 'doodad' and then point the device at the sensor, and squeeze the trigger to the point of popping but not past the point of popping. This bulids up an amount of static, which counteracts the charge of the sensor area and apparently loosens the dust.

But other things got in the way since I read about this, and the copperhill kit works so well, that it's really not a necessary step to do.

All I do is to use clean canned air to quickly blow out any loose dust within the mirror box before cleaning with the copperhill kit.
After a single swipe with the copperhil kit, check the sensor for any more dust, and if more exists do it again..... and so on, until it's clean!