Took me 4 years to stop cleaning sensor brushes with alcohol

I used to swab sensors with 99% isopropyl and wonder why some cameras came back with streaks. Then a Nikon repair guy in Chicago said the alcohol leaves residue that attracts dust once the camera heats up. Switched to eclipse fluid and a dry swab pass, zero streaks since. Anyone else stick to one cleaner out of habit for way too long?

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richardrodriguez12d ago

Man, I feel this so hard. I did the same thing with lens wipes for way too long, just using whatever was cheapest, and then wondered why my shots looked hazy in bright light. @garcia.charles your ultrasonic thing hits home too, I had a buddy who swore by those and it just made everything worse. For me the real fix was switching to those pre-moistened sensor swabs and doing one pass, then a dry one, and never reusing them. I mean, it's wild how we get stuck in a routine just because it's what we started with, even when the results are telling us to change. Now I keep a little log of what I used on each body and if I see any streaks I know exactly what to blame.

garcia.charles13d ago

Took me two years to realize my ultrasonic cleaner was just rearranging the dirt, not removing it.