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After shooting quite a few f/32 landscapes this weekend it was apparent that I could no longer put off cleaning my sensor. At Cutter's recommendation, I purchased the Copperhill kit for a couple weeks ago, but have been a little apprehensive about using it.
I took a shot yesterday afternoon of the blue sky at f/32. I opened it in PS and used auto levels and then turned up the sharpening. There were over 80 separate specks of dusk and a fiber clearly visible.
I used the kit as directed and reshot. I would say it removed 85-90% of the alien matter, which is about as advertised for the first cleaning. I'll be doing it again this evening and then I should be in good shape again.
If you have a DSLR and change lenses regularly I'm afraid eventually you'll have to learn how to do this. Either that or you'll spend alot of money to have a professional do it for you at $100 a pop. It's really not a big deal.
I took a shot yesterday afternoon of the blue sky at f/32. I opened it in PS and used auto levels and then turned up the sharpening. There were over 80 separate specks of dusk and a fiber clearly visible.
I used the kit as directed and reshot. I would say it removed 85-90% of the alien matter, which is about as advertised for the first cleaning. I'll be doing it again this evening and then I should be in good shape again.
If you have a DSLR and change lenses regularly I'm afraid eventually you'll have to learn how to do this. Either that or you'll spend alot of money to have a professional do it for you at $100 a pop. It's really not a big deal.
