Cleaning Camera Sensor Bother

Keith,
I very carefully used cotton buds to clean a particularly nasty fleck that got on my 300D sensor, its do-able but you need to be very careful or you'll make it worse.

Thanks All, I'll give the swabs a go

Keith..

Try using a SpecGrabber (available from camera shops for less than €20) for delicately picking dust and specs from the CCD - it's designed for the purpose. Don't think it'll do much for a smear though.

Keith,

The IR filter is covering the sensor, its a couple of mm thick so there's no chance of actually harming the sensor underneath. Your only fear is scratching the glass. As long as you use a soft lens cloth there is little chance in that happening either. I use 60% distilled water / 40% Isopropyl alchohol, just moistening the cloth enough to do the job.

Just be careful not to drag any hard pieces of dirt across the glass.

Just be careful not to drag any hard pieces of dirt across the glass.

Apparently it makes quite a noticable scratching sound. A friend in work managed to ruin a camera this way.