tfttf185 video – Discofilm

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Cleaning your camera’s sensor by smearing goo on it? A scary but very cool new sensor cleaning method explained.

Discofilm is made by:
DISCOFILM
Postfach 370145
1000 Berlin 37
Germany
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  • http://anhdres.com andres

    hahaha, loved the “go away.”

  • http://www.digitalexplorer.ca Jordan

    Dude this is the best vid you’ve made! So stinking informative! I will be working in a very dusty environment this summer, so this may save me tons in censor cleaning supplies.

  • Rodrigo PATRIANOVA

    I’ve already ordered a discofilm for me. That’s great!!!

    Thanks for the tip!

    Rod

  • http://www.derdingsder.de Der DingsDer

    Hi Chris,

    this Discofilm stuff is really interesting. I just ordered a bottle too, who knows waht this can be used besides cleaning sensors :)

    But, the author of this mehtod has also posted a warning about cleaning sensors of Sigma DSLR’s, because the glass is not as resistant an can be destroyed (sorry cant translate it better :)
    So users of Sigma cams should be careful

    In German:
    Die vergütung des vordersten Filters ist anscheinend nicht so toll, und kann wenn er schon verkratzt is abgehn.

    so far, derdingsder

  • Rainer Hönle

    I put this Sigma warning on my site, because a user told me that the scratches he had on his sensor got more visible after Discofilm. Now I know it was an error from his side (nothing had changed) and in the English translation the hint is already removed. The German text will be corrected soon.

  • Scott S.

    This sounds interesting. Has anyone found a source for Discofilm in the North America?

  • jim

    I think this is a really interesting idea for cleaning a sensor.

    Years ago while working at a newspaper one of old timers showed me his trick of cleaning his lenses with scotch tape. Sounds weird but it works like magic. I keep filters on all my lenses. When the get crudded up I scotch tape them to rarely need any cleaning fluid and regular cleaning.

    The tape leaves no residue. I even use it to clean the screen of my MacBook