No one has come up with a solution to deal with the fan that drags all the dust around the camera. Someone may have made some filters? This is a very big problem after being in the field, I noticed that there was dust on the sensor and dust appeared in all places where there are air ducts, what will happen to the camera after a couple of months of active use
http://forum.krontech.ca/index.php?topic=594.0
Have you read this topic?
Otherwise i highly reccomend this, its about exactly that.
Thank you for the topic, read it and now for the sensor I am calm. But the problem of getting dust inside on the chips and other components remained. I understand correctly that the fan expels air down and to the left of the lens. Meanwhile, all the dust that falls on the fan settles inside the chamber, how much is it advisable to blow with a compressor or special air cans?. Most likely you will need to develop some kind of prototype on a 3D printer with the installation of a filter to protect internal components
Unless you end up filming in some underground Mining plant or in the desert, i see no problem with dust on other Electronic components. I mean, it is just a very specialized Small PC inside, with an special OS running on it. Every PC and Laptop will be just fine, even after Years of use in an Normal Home or even somewhat reasonable Clean Office or industrial environment. Main Problem could be, if you end up getting THAT much dust in there, that something overheats. But as i said, unless you work in some REALLY dirty place with a ton of dust or other Bad stuff in the Air for a long time, its fine. Every Computer Component, Mainboard, Graphics Card ect. has Air with some dust in it blowing over it all the time. And i dont know if you ever did PC repair at any point, but you would propably be surprised with how much dust inside some Laptops will still work kinda fine (eventually they sure overheat, when the dust finally managed to block the Airflow completely....). So, i wouldnt worry about dust inside the Camera itself all that much. If you work in dirty places, might consider cleaning it regularly, cause while a bit of dust buildup sure is fine inside there, you dont want to have an entire kitten worth of Cat hair in there or something like that
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Also just as an additional Note about Very dusty places in general: If you look around on ebay a bit for broken lenses, you sometimes will come across a bunch of lenses, someone took to some Shoot whatever into the Desert, mostly this Story ends with an Lens with a bunch of sand inside, which is basically useless except for parts, since all the Sand in there also scratches the Glass itself and other bad things. So, if you can, avoid places THAT dirty, that you have to worry about serious dust buildup inside the Camera, in general, since those are generally places which are just not good for the Camera to be at.
IF you actually for some reason have to be at such a place, especially for long time, consider one of those waterproof cases or protect your camera in other ways (even an Transparent Plastic Bag would be better than nothing). Whats Waterproof is generally also Dust-Proof, so....
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As for Cleaning The Mainboard with compressed air, sure, you can do that. However, i would be carefull with small home Compressors you might have in your garage or home Shop, since those usually can have moisture or full on water drops inside it, and can also contain Oil Mist. depending on the Age and condition of the Tank and Lines you are using for the Air, there can also be a lot of other Bad things in there like Rust particles and all kinds of dust and dirt. So be carefull with home compressors. Better (usually really expensive) Comperessors have an dedicated Air Filter and Drying unit to only give out Clean, dry Air. If you can make sure, that the air is clean and dry, thats good to use. You dont want Any oil or Water inside that camera...
As for Air Cans, those can give out pretty clean air, so thats generally fine to use from my understanding.
I personally dont really use an Compressor (cause i dont have one right now) and just clean my electronics dry if needed.
As for HOW to clean it, it would maybe be a good idea to actualy open the Camera and get the Boards out to clean them, because otherwise you end up just blowing it around inside the Case. But then IF you get the boards out, the Sensor is now exposed to all the dust you are kicking up with the Compressed air....
Personally, i am not worried about dust or anything at all with this camera (except for Scratching my sensor with some Weird lens i will try to fit on there one day and hit the Sensor with it....), and would only clean any board or electronics inside if its actually causing problems, like overheating or things like that. By that point in time, which i would expect to be in like 30 Years of normal use for mine, it might be a good idea to open it and check everything inside anyways, since Thermal pads propably are also getting old at that point, so....
If you want to get it Cleaned propperly, might even send it to the Krontech guys like every 2 Years to get it cleaned, if dust is actually expected to become a problem in your usecase.
