I Don't use digital kasi ang MAHAL!!! hehe..but for my digital clicking friends...Please read on..you might find this helpful..it might save you the sorrow of having to buy a new DSLR or something like that..Hassle talaga magpaservice ng camera,laging may kaba.haha.

                                                                                                                          Reposted from another forum ============================= Toto Labrador wrote: Hi all, Just a warning to all the Nikon users! Please read on: I got a call this morning from a friend of mine who was on the phone with Ninfa Bito, who was at Columbia Global having her CCD sensor cleaned. This is taken from her post at phphoto... "I'd like to bring your attention to a matter that Ifind equally incredulous and distressing regarding Columbia GlobalPhoto Sales Corp's. service – specifically in their handling of CCDsensor cleanings. I urge all Nikon users to be aware of theirprocedures and be concerned for the safety of their equipment. This must be the 4th or 5th time that I've gone to Columbia Global tohave my camera's CCD sensors cleaned. However, this morning was thefirst time that I bothered to inquire about the process undertaken atColumbia Global to clean the CCDs. I asked the technician if they wereusing the Nikon authorized method. He indicated that they were and so Iallowed them to proceed and handle my D70 and my friend's D100 cameras.If I had the materials, and if I trusted my hands to be steady enoughnot to jab at the sensor, then maybe I would not have to rely upon the"professional technicians" from the only "officially" authorizedservice center in Manila to do this. I make it a point to wait for the cameras and take a few test shotsafter being "cleaned" to make sure that there is no dust left in theCCD. This means having to wait at least 45 minutes for thetechnicians to do their job. Unfortunately, each time I've gone andwaited through the first "cleaning" I have had to send them back to becleaned as not all of the dust is cleared off, or new dust settled inother areas of the CCD. Today was no different and I was not surprised to have to experiencethis routine again. The technicians did take a few test shots for me to inspect, but then I realized that the shots were shot taken at f3.5 orf5.6 – wide enough to sufficiently soften any evidence of dust. I thenhad to take new shots at the f22 and sure enough, there was still dust.Another round of "cleaning' was undertaken and when the cameras camedown and the images downloaded into the receptionist's computer, newdust was evident. Additionally, there I could now see dust through theview finder, which meant that those pesky specks may be lounging on themirror waiting to be shaken loose onto the CCD. The technician then took the camera and took off the lens while thecamera was still ON. In digital photography 101, this is the firstthing they tell you NOT to do with a digital camera. I screamed to stop him, but it was too late and the lens was off. Two hours of waiting and having to basically tell them how to do the test shots wastoo much for me to contain my shock and disbelief at this increduloussituation. To make matters worse, I had been asking to talk totheir bosses but had been given the run around, as if they were tryingto avoid having to call them. Irate at this point and shocked at the likelihood that the cameras were being subjected to procedures that were damaging, I went insane. Iprobed the technician with more questions to find out how they clean the CCDs and this is what I found out and which put me into shock. * They use lens cleaning solution on lint free paper wrapped around a BBQ stick to swab the CCD sensor. * They apply lighter fluid onto the CCD sensor after doing the above so that the solution dries up faster. Nowhere in the literature I've read regarding CCD cleaning does it mention that lens cleaning solution (the bottle they showed to me was branded as Konica Lens Lotion) or lighter fluid can be used on the CCDs. "Medical grade methanol" is the most suggested liquid solution tobe used, and I do believe this is a far cry in composition from lighterfluid. There is great site to learn more about cleaning CCDs --- http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/ The site is well researched and quite intensive full of useful information. It is really distressing that this is the kind of service we have to besubjected to and be expected to pay for. I do hope that the people at Columbia Global will look into this matter."