[Leica] cleaning my M8 sensor

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

Well, yes, I did use the blower a good many times but these nasty black 
spots seem to want to stay where they are ... and there are more and more of 
them! So I guess I'll have to do the scarry work! Thanks for your story, 
though, I'd have loved to have it come true with my sensor ...Jean-Michel
 > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:17:16 -0700
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> From: kanner at acm.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] cleaning my M8 sensor
> 
> The value of a bit of persistence is worth mentioning. Shortly after 
> I bought a Rocket Blower, I shot the sky and saw a couple of very 
> sharp black spots in a magnified picture. One application of the 
> blower cleaned that up.
> 
> The next time there was a need, it was because one LUG member 
> commented that my picture of three palms had a couple of bad spots in 
> the sky. These spots were not sharp; they were of a noticeable 
> diameter and fuzzy. I used the blower. They were still there. I used 
> the blower a second time. One went away and the other appeared to be 
> fainter--maybe wishful thinking. I blowed the HELL out of it a third 
> time, thinking with faint heart that I might have to order liquid and 
> swab and do the scary procedure--or should I have it done 
> professionally? I lucked out. Blowing the hell out of it got rid of 
> that last bit of fluff.
> 
> Herb
> 
> 
> >Hello everyone,Dark spots have appeared on my pictures (again) and
> >the time has come for me to clean my M8 sensor. The problem is, I
> >have never done it myself so far ... Well, I have used a small
> >blower but the result is disappointing. Hence my questions:- do you
> >Lugers clean your sensors yourselves?- if so, what products should I
> >get for a good clean?- and also, what fatal errors should I avoid?
> >(!) Thanks for your answers! As I'm currently in the US, I'd be
> >interested in products I could buy or order locally.Jean-Michel
> >
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