Help! Cleaned Camera, seems to have got worse!

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Hi All,

I don't know if you remember, but back in July of 2007 I was in South Africa and my sensor got dirty!

Well, I bought a cleaning kit which consists of the eclipse, pec pads and 5 swabs.

I used the swab (side A then B) once and took a photo. My images are WORSE!

So I took out a second swab, but still - not getting any better!

I am doing everything according to the manual.

Please take a look at the photos I have uploaded.

(Back In July)
Before The Rocket Blower
After The Rocket Blower 1
After The Rocket Blower 2

(Present)
After Swab Clean 1 (1)
After Swab Clean 1 (2)

After Swab Clean 2 (1)
After Swab Clean 2 (2)
After Swab Clean 2 (3)

After Swab Clean 3 (1)
After Swab Clean 3 (2)
After Swab Clean 3 (3)
After Swab Clean 3 (3)

Thanks,
Amnesia

EDIT - Okay, Complete!
 
Apologies for the mess up in images, but they are all complete now.
 
I don't have a tripod. but I did clean the area, and it was done very quickly. In the most recent photos there looks to be a large smear in the top right.

At £25 per pack of cleaning equipment it does 5 cleans and I have used three, I can't continue to keep trying it.

I also can't afford to send it off. £80 was what I have been quoted.

Edit: I have just used an aperture of 5.6 and the smears are still there... does that mean it is not on the sensor?
when experimenting previously, using a wider aperture (like 5.6) minimises the amount of specs and crud you see... but the smears (in the top right and across to the centre) do not change in shape.
 
Pec pads cost about £6 for 100 and I'd expect to use 4 to 8 for a normal clean. The swabs I use are a kiddies glue spreader wrapped with pec pad and the spreader is of course re useable so it is hard to see how you get the costs you quote.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=9766

Being worse before it gets better is normal and what I would expect. The smears are from the swab being too wet. The spots that don't move are probably pollen and stuck to the sensor and will need a few rubs to clear them. Just keep everything scrupulously clean and you should be fine.
 
Hi Robert,

Thankyou for your reply. I was putting about 3 drops on each side of the swab. Would you recomend just 2 drops on one side of the swab?

I will look at making my own "swabs" out of the glue sticks.

Thanks for your input.

I just panick easily. :)
 
Couldnt I just use the plastic swabs I already have? By taking off the cloth already on them and putting a pec pad around it?
 
Much much too wet!

2 drops at most - 1 will probably be enough.

Yes re wrapping should be OK but I don't know what you have.

Look at the practice section in the tutorial and do it first a few times. Notice the fluid left on the filter evaporating after the swap moves across - there should be hardly any. Do the practice on a filter first a few times and you will understand better what you are doing.
 
Hi Rob, cleaned again and all is spotless... apart from that one smear I was talking about.

So, I viewed it on another screen just to be sure - ITS A BLEMISH ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN!

Apologies for wasting time, but I have learnt that the swabs were too wet!

The 5th time cleaning took that last spec away.

Thanks for the help :)
 
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