Sensor Swab Type 2 (Box of 12)

by Photographic Solutions

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000BDCE1Y
• Item model number: PHSOSS2BOXDCS
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #43 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Cleaners > Cleaning Kits
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 12, 2005

Product Description

Sensor Swabs are designed for cleaning CCD chips and other delicate or hard to reach optical and imaging surfaces. Clean room manufactured and sealed, these swabs are the ultimate in purity. Can be used with D1, D1H and D1X models. Also for Canon D30, D60, 10D / 1Ds and Kodak 14N cameras.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Expensive, March 8, 2007

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John J. Cho "Netjonny" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sensor Swab Type 2 (Box of 12) (Electronics)

PROS: rocket blowers will remove light dust, but when you've got gunk you'll eventually need to use a sensor swab. Researched 3 other different swabs,much cheaper than Eclipes, but Eclipes was outright the best. Highly recommended but expensive slr cameras..
CONS: EXPENSIVE, EXPENSIVE, EXPENSIVE!!! You can only use the swabs once, but i've used one twice cause they're just to darn expensive.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works but quite expensive!, February 16, 2008

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Edgar H. Tan, MD "The Healer" (Global) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sensor Swab Type 2 (Box of 12) (Electronics)

I have been having a hard time convincing myself to clean my sensor and I finally did it. I tried it for on my Nikon D300 when I noticed some dust on the sensor....after one swipe I got rid of the dust that boosted my confidence. I went to check my other body Nikon D200 and there was also some dust on it....I honestly found it to be a bit expensive to use a new swab so I just tried to reuse the swab and got my D200 sensor cleaned as well.....I guess this thing can be reused at your own risk...what's the risk? well just getting more dust but then again you can always use a new one if this happens....so I guess you may opt to reuse and if it doesn't get the job done get a fresh swab and swipe it!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Expensive but....., June 19, 2007

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Michael Simpson "Owner of KronosRobotics.com" (Leesburg VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sensor Swab Type 2 (Box of 12) (Electronics)

I purchased these from my local camera store for over $48. I had some dust and did the blower thing. I was able to remove the dust with the blower but it added a small hair that would not blow off. I purchased these and after the first attempt I was able to remove the small hair. Actually I think it was a micro metal shaving. The problem is I ended up with small light spots. I had to swipe three times to remove them.

Soooo.... It took me 4 swipes total. This could get real expensive if it has to be done more than a couple times a year. I plan on purchasing some pec-pads to attach to the wipes so that I can get serveral uses.

BTW you need the eclipse fluid as well.

All in all I succeesed but would go with some other aplicator and pec pads if I had to purchase all over again.