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Arctic Butterfly

This past Saturday I went on over to WebCam LLC, the little hole in the wall camera shop on North 12th Street to pick up some sensor swabs. For those that aren’t digital photographers, sensor swabs are super-ultra sterol wipes on sticks that you can use in conjunction with a special quick drying solution to clear dust and smudges from your digital camera sensor.

Because of the conditions they’re created in, these little swabs are very pricey. They’re also strictly 1-time use and they require that you come into contact with your camera’s sensor. As sensors are extremely easy to damage and because dust and smudge cleaning requires a decent amount of direct pressure, this can be a frightening procedure.

Lastly, even using a handheld air blower and the eclipse/sensor swab combo, some sensor dust – especially in the corners – is frustratingly difficult to remove.

All these are the reasons that the salesman at WebCam recommended a brand new product called the Arctic Butterfly. The AB is basically a spinning brush. Spin it for 10 seconds to build a charge, then simply dust your sensor off. The charge pulls the dust to the brush. This charge soon dissipates and another spin (outside of the camera) throws the dust off and back into the ambient atmosphere.

Because this thing worked quickly, easily, painlessly and as well as advertised, I’m promoting it here. I love this little brush.

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 general, promotion Trackback URL for this entry

2 Comments

1. albert replies at 22nd August 2007, 12:34 pm :

cool. my trusty wipes and eclipse solution is going to run out by the end of the year. i’ll keep my eye out for this one when the time comes.
2. Phillybits replies at 22nd August 2007, 8:42 pm :

I assume this is for SLR’s and not my sealed Nikon, unless opening it up in a sterile, steamy environment is worth the risk.

I mention a steamy environment because if you’ve ever had to open up a hard drive, they’re also extremely susceptible to dust particles - one dust particle can destroy a hard drive.

The idea is you run a shower on super hot, creating a steam filled room which lowers the dust in the air by having the moisture cling to the dust and fall to the ground.