Integrated sensor cleaning feature is becoming a standard requirement in the modern dSLR, dust biting is the trend as predicted in my 2007: 10 Photo Industry Predictions Part 3 of 3, now even Canon is having it in their Canon 400D and Canon 1D Mark III. The point of this article written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it is to justify how well these cleaners can suck the dust off the sensor.

This article features:

Canon 400D Integrated Cleaning System

Olympus E-300 Supersonic Wave Filter

Pentax K10D CCD-shifting technology

Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 CCD-shifting technology

Head on to the link below to get the full write up of Dust removal systems / sensor cleaning

I will cut it short for those who are lazy to read the whole review:

In short, you will need to keep your blower with you anytime should you need some dust biting and relying on the system’s built-in cleaning solution will not guarantee a dust free photo. Anyway, should you need to pick which manufacturer actually shines in at least trying to make this work, it’s the Olympus E system!

Here is our ranking according to effectiveness (by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ):

1. Olympus: good
2. Canon: poor (we are disappointed)
3. Pentax and Sony: useless (we are very disappointed)

Full Article: Dust removal systems / sensor cleaning

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