Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] sensor cleanliness
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:24:29 +0100
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Except, as noted in a related thread, technology for eliminating the problem 
has been available for a decade, and was even licensed to Leica, who, for 
reasons known only to themselves, chose not use it in their flagship 
products.

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA









On Mar 24, 2013, at 9:46 PM, Cedric Agie wrote:

> Not so of course with digital
> cameras with interchangeable lenses. The dust and durt simply stays
> where it is and the problem grows steadily untill you do something.
> In my case this has worked without much fuzz for more than a year.
> When I first discovered the problem, I went to the local Leica agent
> who admitted the problem, cleaned the CCD in no time (about half an
> hour) installed the latest software with no charge for this first
> intervention.
> 
> Kodak at some time developped sophysticated (often efficient but
> expensive) systhems for labs that had such problems. Sometimes they
> even advised to install metallic surfaces (usually stainless steel
> plates) that were grounded to the earth of the building.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Cedric



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