Stuff that works (for me)...

Arctic Butterfly.

Dust on the sensor. Pain to clone out. This puppy is working well for me.

Nothing but a brush attached to a DC motor. (Reasonably handy person could make their own for a few bucks.)

Nice thing about this is that once the brush is charged it will not only remove the dust from the sensor (really the filter in front of the sensor), but also from the mirror box and rear of lens.

It won't remove smears. You need cleaning fluid for that, but there's a problem flying with flammable liquids.

Just don't touch the brush and get body oil on it and you aren't likely to have to deal with non-dust problems while on the road.

In the first instance I use a blower, and if that isn't enough, Eclipse and Sensor Swabs. Never had any problems travelling with Eclipse in the checked luggage, no-one's ever asked about it, and I'm not about to volunteer it ;)

P.S. Might be worth amalgamating these recommendations into one thread.

Traveling with Eclipse fluid (at least in/from the US) might be more of a problem. As chemical sniffers get more sophisticated....

I thought about using a blower but read a couple of posts about how people had problem with them in high dust environments.

And when I've cleaned the sensor I've also observed/cleaned dust from the mirror box. I'd rather pick that stuff up and get it out before the mirror sends it flying.

Stupid name for a product that seems to work quite well, if only I knew where to pick one up?

B&H.

They ship internationally. Excellent reputation. The go-to source for pro photographers.

Reminds me of the Venus Butterfly. Perhaps that's where they got the name....

Personally I wouldn't use anything that I was cleaning the sensor with to touch anything else.

Especially the inside of the camera, because you could pick-up contaminants like grease.

I'd be using a different brush to clean lenses and the inside of the camera.

Grease - good point.

Perhaps I'll get a spare brush for the Butterfly and reserve one for sensor-only.

I think a cheap brush like a make-up or paint brush is dandy for the body.

Keep the expensive stuff for the sensor.

I cleaned the inside and sensor of my camera today (going to Vietnam tomorrow).
It was like a brothel in there. I think I need more regular maintenance.

Wev've been experimenting a lot with sensor cleaning at work lately.
We rent digital cinematography cameras, so sensor cleaning is an issue.

The latest idea is an inflatable clean-room.

Best suggestion I've heard for testing new brushes - try them on a lens filter first, that way if they're greasy or shed they won't be a major headache.

After blowing out the sensor/box area upside down, so dust doesn't settle whilst I'm cleaning, I clean the sensor with SS/Eclipse - then use that swab to go around the box afterwards, since it's disposable.

The advantage of the Butterfly brush is that because it first gets spun at high speed by the motor it develops a static charge which attracts and holds dust particles. You then spin the brush a second time (away from the camera) to dislodge the dust from the brush.

Portable clean rooms - you might want to search the archives of Luminous Landscape the late (and greatly missed by me) Didger developed an inflatable "changing bag" for lens changing. He dropped the project when he found that sensor dust wasn't the problem he feared it would be.

BTW, it's about the second anniversary of Didger's death. He fell through the ice while snowshoeing in the Sierras on one of his solo photo treks.

Didger was a very interesting, creative and entertaining individual.

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Half-naked girls in your camera. Even the butterfly-thingy might not cope:-)