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Subject: [Leica] Sensor vacuuming?
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 10:30:55 +0100
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I've been using this company's products for sensor 
cleaning for years:

https://www.visibledust.com/

The Arctic Butterfly brush is great against loose dust 
and the swabs and liquids are highly effective and easy 
to use for getting rid of greasy or water-based spots.

The downside: not exactly cheap!

Cheers
Douglas

On 06.02.2017 05:26, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> I have been using the SensorKlear to clean sensors when necessary ever
> since I went digital over a decade ago. Works like a dream.
>
> http://www.lenspen.com/?resultType=category&params=27&tpid=0&tpid=323
>
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:40 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> While playing with my new Sony A7ii, and realising that it does give all
>> of those old lenses in my attic a new lease of life, changing lenses has a
>> downside. I picked up a bit of crud on the sensor. As, for the past three
>> and a half years, I've mainly shot with a fixed lens camera, I'm a bit out
>> of date. I'm curious as to how people are finding new developments in
>> cleaning sensors (if any) and what product/method do you use?
>>
>> I have read a suggestion that I might vacuum the sensor and suck out the
>> dirt. This seems a more logical approach than blowing, but assume that I'd
>> have to make up some sort of baffle to suppress the suction power as I
>> don't want the entire sensor assembly disappearing down the nozzle of the
>> vacuum cleaner! Anybody tried this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
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