The Pentax O-ICK1 Image Sensor Cleaning Kit is great for getting rid of dust particles, oil, and other substances on the image sensor. The kit contains a cleaning stick with a special polyurethane rubber tip and special paper.
To clean the sensor just press the tip of the cleaning stick onto the low-pass filter covering the sensor. Then wipe away the dirt on the cleaning stick 's tip with the special paper.
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I needed to clean sensors on my two Leica rangefinder cameras, both of which had several persistent dust spots. I ordered this kit and a wet cleaning kit, the latter of which I was hesitant to use. The Pentax pen successfully removed every particle after two tries on each camera. I am happy to report that the web cleaning kit remains unopened. This pen is an amazing product.
The instruction manual mentions the sticky paper needing a "protective cover" removed before the gel should be cleaned. The manual should've mentioned that there's a cover on the thing the papers get ripped off and another on the actual paper sheets. The product cleaned my sensor well (thus this review is a 4 star one), but when I tried cleaning the stick's gel afterwards, it started to break apart in flakes on the paper's layer of film. I now have to buy another gel stick. Please be sure to remove the film from the paper itself before you clean the gel! If you do that, you'll probably love this product.