Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny: >The newbies to >digital need to know that sensor dirt cleaning is a maintenance >operation not a nightmare as someone could think. I do the cleaning >after 500 shots unless many lenses changes have been necessary. > >My Pentax K10 D has a utility that shakes the sensor for dust removal, >but >after a couple months and MANY lens changes inside and out, I've not seen >any >sensor dust, and I haven't had to use it. Ditto. I've used my 5D for about a year. I've yet to clean the sensor. I'm sure there's dust on there. If I shoot blank walls or blue sky and stop down to f16, I can see it. I rarely stop down past f5.6, though. Usually shooting close to wide open. And in that case, it just doesn't show. -- Eric http://canid.com/