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Chronos User Discussion / Re: Help! Clean camera sensor (ir filter)

« on: July 28, 2023, 12:01:55 AM »

Sorry for the late reply, needed to do some Research on this first, to be able to properly answer this.
 Asked around a bit, cause there Seems to be quite the Controversy about how to clean Sensors and Sensor Filter Glass right.
 If anybody does not know what this is about, its mainly about what Cleaning Products To use, as well as Cleaning Fluids.
 Especially big seems to be the Controversy about the Adhesion Cleaning Sticks by the Company Eyelead, which i would have personally wanted to recommend and looked it up:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpeARxQARq4
 Others however (like me) seem to strongly Recommend the Eyelead Cleaning System:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fetJfPILU3o ovo game
 To just give one Example for each.
 Main Issue Seems to be apparently, that it leaves Residue on Sonys DSLM Sensors and Filters.
 But then again, after seeing how people use these and Instruct others on using these, i am not much Surprised. Shown here is them Recommending / Instructing / Showing People to just Plunge Straight down with these, then just Rip them straight back up again very fast:
 https://youtu.be/fetJfPILU3o?t=112
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 Then there is also the Whole Controversy about whether it is save to use IPA and Methanol without doing Damage to the Coatings and if for example Acetone would actually leave residue when used for Cleaning.
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 Turns out, that even Professionals in Camera Stores and such are having trouble cleaning Sony Sensors, as they are actually different somehow (Coatings are big Trade Secrets, so likely nobody except Sony Themselves and a Select few others probably know for sure what exactly is going on inside these Coatings), and are just generally very hard to Clean.
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 In the Following a Short Conclusion of what i am Comfortable to Recommend in Regards to Sensor Cleaning after Consulting some Experts:

sensor cleaning should be done only when necessary. Minor dust spots are usually not noticeable in your images and can be removed during post-processing. Clean the sensor only when you see visible dust or debris affecting your photos.