Any specific sensor cleaning products to recommend?

[MrPolite]

Complete noob here and never had to clean a sensor before. I've tried the rocket blower and spots show even at f/8 - quite terribly at f/11 and above. 

 

It seems lik the gel sticks aren't best for Fuji because of the sensor coating. Any particular product/brand to recommend, please share here

[Patrick FR]

this could help: http://www.fujirumors.com/how-to-clean-the-x-trans-sensor/

[milandro]

As pointed out in the other thread, you are only partially right about gel cleaners not being fit for Fuji, because apparently at least SOME brands have a version for “ normal” sensors AND a version for Sony-Fuji mirrorless camera sensors 

 

 

https://photographylife.com/product/sensor-gel-stick-for-sony

 

“........One of the best solutions for keeping your Sony and Fuji digital camera sensors clean! This sensor gel stick is designed specifically for Sony SLT and Alpha mirrorless cameras, but will also work equally well on Fuji mirrorless cameras. ..."

 

 

I am adding my post on the other thread here, although I am against double posting of the same content because someone might miss all of what I have found out by a little research on line

[xuser101]

I think I'll stick with the rocket blower followed by the wet cleaning if I ever need to do it.  I've used that method for my Nikon cameras several times.   It's a little nerve-racking, but if you take your time it's pretty easy and causes no harm.

[TenLayers]

$60.00! That's ripping a new one at that price. For a stick with some sticky stuff on the end?

[milandro]

Well, you know the story of the guy who comes to fix your telly, he takes a little hammer and hits it in a corner, the telly works immediately and he says that it will be alright for another 5 years and then he asks $100.

 

You look at him as if he was crazy and say “ What !?, $100 for hitting the telly with an hammer, I could have done that! “ and the guy looks at you and says “ Ah! But unlike you, I knew where to hit it!” 

 

If you have a piece of gel that does the work and doesn’t wreck your camera, please, do it!

 

Nobody has to buy these gel sticks, it is after all not compulsory, so it is hardly a “ rip off" but what’s the alternative?

 

Having your sensor cleaned, in my neck of the woods, once only, would cost 2/3 of that amount of money.

 

 

 

So cleaning the sensor with a gel stick, appears to be rather simple affair and one that you can use at least 20 times. (both products talked about before are shown in the following videos I find the second video more explicative though)

 

@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxKb_OqV7ng

 

@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fetJfPILU3o

 

Wet cleaners are interesting for some application where the gel stick might fall short

 

 

BUT...

 

 

Having learned that the Sony/Fuji/mirrorless cameras has a coating that is incompatible with the gel used for the Nikon sensor, what makes you think that the cleaner would be good for the Fuji sensor?

 

@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrahdr5eqqY

 

@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFgSchx54og

[FreakPhoto]

Yes, those gels priced a bit high. I would go with Fuji's suggested method of a wet clean. Rocket blowers are great, too.

[TenLayers]

Little stories aside, $60 is a rip.

[milandro]

then buy something else or have it cleaned

[TenLayers]

So is the little hammer hitting this in the right place?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/business/big-price-increase-for-an-old-drug-will-be-rolled-back-turing-chief-says.html?_r=0

[milandro]

I am perplex.

 

What does this Con-story have to do with some folks (several brands) selling a seemingly efficient product to clean camera sensor at a price that seems to disturb you?

 

Con-men have always been there and so have expensive products. 

 

You can buy the gel stick or not if you find it too expensive.

 

I don’t see the analogy with Mr. Martin Shkreli

 

All I know is that, if I have the sensor cleaned it is going to cost me 2/3 or as much (depending where I go).

 

The wet clean seems to me a little more dangerous and complicated.

 

It costs a bit less but it doesn’t come for free.

[CRAusmus]

Most Photo Expos will have free sensor cleaning..

[FreakPhoto]

The wet clean is about as simple and easy as maintenance gets. 2 swipes and done. A $15 'kit' will last a decade or more.

[milandro]

they’ll be soon out of business then