[Leica] Sensor vacuuming?

[Sonny Carter]

Before you try that, use the sensor cleaning mode.  Take the lens off, and place the mouth of the camera down, then run the sensor clean routine.  Sony cameras are far less prone to messy sensors than M Leicas.

from my iPad

Sonny Carter

> On Feb 5, 2017, at 5:10 PM, 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 As, for the past three and a half years, I've mainly shot with a fixed lens camera, I'm a bit out of date.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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