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Subject: [Leica] How clean is my sensor?
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:39:38 +0200
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Hi Douglas,

Thank you, I do the same, except step 2, on this step I use the Lens  
Pen.

What I've discovered today is that when the sensor is clean if you  
close the shutter pointing the camera downwards is better

Cheers
Lluis


El 30/10/2010, a las 18:24, Douglas Sharp escribi?:

> Hi Lluis,
>
> when cleaning the sensors of my 2 Canon DSLRs, I often find they are  
> only really clean after 2 to 3 cleans.
>
> My cleaning sequence is:
>
> 1. Blow air across the sensor with a rubber-bulb blower with the  
> camera pointing downwards
> 2. A couple of passes with an Arctic Butterfly Brush
> 3. First pass with a swab with V-Dust Plus liquid
> 4. Check shot
>
> If not OK, repeat steps 3 and 4 with a new swab
>
> If still not OK, repeat steps 3 and 4 with a new swab and Smear Away  
> liquid - this is good for stubborn, oily stains
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
> On 30.10.2010 17:32, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is just an experiment, every time I clean my sensor is quite  
>> difficult to arrive to the perfection, I use the Lens Pen Tina has  
>> recommended and if I need clean better I use the Swabs with  
>> Eclipse, after several intends, in my opinion the result is not  
>> perfect but  I can't appreciate the small signals of dust on the  
>> pictures, even on the sky.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/L1016567.jpg.html
>>
>> what do you think?
>>
>> Saludos cordiales
>> Lluis
>>
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>> Blog:
>> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
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