Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, I bought my D70 in Singapore. Living in India, I was paranoid about dust, and I bought a cartload of sensor cleaning stuff with the camera, blowers,swabs,solutions, etc. I have yet to unpack any. It went back to Nikon Singapore once for the BGLOD (Blinking Green Light Of Death) problem, they probably cleaned the sensor at that time. It might be there, but I dont photograph blank sheets of paper. I have not seen it visibly apparent in the sky in any shot of mine. By now you have half a dozen prints of mine, and there are a couple of shots with the D70 so check it out. I have no doubt that it is a problem - but based on my experiences in a chronically dusty environment I think it is way overdone. Cheers Jayanand Lottermoser George wrote: > Daniel and Jayanand - I believe that if either one of you actually > photograph a cloudless sky or blank piece of paper (to medium gray) > you will see the evidence of dust on your sensors. Give it a try and > let me know. It's a very real issue with medium gray areas without > detail. Sometimes you have to blow up the image a bit to see the > effects. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > On Jun 18, 2006, at 1:09 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > >> It is a wee bit over exaggerated, Jayanand, but it exists. It happened >> to me once with my D100, but it came off easily with a standard >> rubber-bulb blower. >> >> On 6/18/06, Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net> wrote: >> >>> I have the Nikon D70, live in an atrociously dusty environment, change >>> lenses quite frequently, and I have not had to clean the sensor >>> either!! >>> I think this problem is a wee bit overdone. >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> Chennai, India >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >