Arctic Butterfly - What a great bit of gear!

[sheeny]

My Arctic Butterfly arrived today. :thumbsup: I am impressed. I had some diabolical dust bunnies on my DMK, so that was the obvious first test. Attached is a flat field shot I took after cleaning. BTW it looks like I've got a bit of smear from the Q-tip cleaning.

Have a look here ( http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=30183 and http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=30220 ) for an example of what it was like before cleaning.

Al.

[[1ponders]]

:lol: You're hooked aren't you. :lol: Do you have an uncleaned chip in the house anywhere :P

It's great isn't it. Not only do you get to use one piece of technology to support and clean another piece of technology (which is always a big bonus for us gaget guys) but it spins and makes noises as well. Fshhuuuusssshhhjjjj :rofl:

It won me from day one! :lol:

[peter_4059]

Al,

Where did you get your AB and how much was it?

Peter

[h0ughy]

how much you pay for that one Al

[sheeny]

Camerahouse $136.

I just googled and looked around for the best price.

I know it seems like a lot of money, that's why I put off getting one for so long, but now that I've got it, it's worth it!

Al.

[RB]

Yep couldn't agree more.

I love the Artic Butterfly and been using it now for a while.

Here's some before and after shots on my 20Da.

Well worth it, along with a Rocket Blower too.

BTW do not use compressed air because it has propellents in the can that can affect your DSLR sensor.

[garymck]

Which Arctic Butterfly did you get?

The 700 or the 724?

Not sure whether to pay the extra for the 724....

cheers
Gary

[[1ponders]]

I've got the 724.

[sheeny]

So did I.

Al.

[RB]

Yep I got the 724 as well.

[garymck]

ok,
after reading this, I just bought an arctic butterfly 724, plus a giotto rocket cleaning kit. Just used them on my QHY8 and for the first time there are no goobies on a flat field - bloody excellent!!! Looks like my flt fielding problems just got eliminated!!:):):):)

Gary

[RB]

Glad it cleaned your sensor Gary but you still need to take flat fields to eliminate gradients and vignetting don't you? ;)

[peter_4059]

Looks like the price has gone up - I can't find a 724 for less than $169 in Brissy. Did anyone get the rest of the kit with all the other cleaning products?

[garymck]

Yep, but at least now they should work. My problem was that the flats eliminated the gradients, but not the dust motes - they were obviously too bad to flat field out. Now I should have no problems...

Gary

[RB]

Cool. :thumbsup:

At first I was skeptical about these brushes but after seeing (:rolleyes:) the results, I love using them.



I just got the basic brush.