Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You miss the point...I'm not endorsing anything, nor am I suggesting it's a reason to buy the equipment. All I'm saying is that it's a real bit of innovation - one that Panasonic has already licensed, and Leica will too if it's smart, and if Olympus wants to license it. On 6/19/06 2:23 PM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > You should start signing with 'endorsement by B.D. Colen' ;-) > > > > Op 19-jun-06, om 20:05 heeft B. D. Colen het volgende geschreven: > >> When all is said and done, Olympus will probably be remembered for one >> contribution to the digital revolution, and that is the self-cleaning >> sensor; it really, really works. I don't pay any more attention to >> where I >> put my digital bodies, where I change lenses, or in any way baby >> them any >> more than I did my Ms or film Nikons. And in all the time I've now >> been >> using the E-1, I have had a total of one image which has a sensor >> dust spot >> on it. I didn't clean the sensor after that, because the next time >> I turned >> the camera on, the spot disappeared. >> >> On 6/19/06 12:36 PM, "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I've had it happen, no doubt about that, but not nearly as much as I >>> feared. That is all I was saying. >>> >>> I did notice it the first time when I was at the coast with a vast >>> section of the photography monotonic ... sea and sky went together. >>> >>> I am fairly paranoid about how I handle the camera. When not in >>> use, I >>> keep it in a plastic bag, not a dusty Domke. It's being used most of >>> the time though, so it is out in the open a lot. >>> >>> So far I've been able to blow the dust off. I dread the day when the >>> build up of static electricity makes that impossible. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> >>> On 6/19/06, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: >>>> Daniel and Jayanand - I believe that if either one of you actually >>>> photograph a cloudless sky or blank piece of paper (to medium gray) >>>> you will see the evidence of dust on your sensors. Give it a try and >>>> let me know. It's a very real issue with medium gray areas without >>>> detail. Sometimes you have to blow up the image a bit to see the >>>> effects. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> George Lottermoser >>>> george@imagist.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 18, 2006, at 1:09 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >>>> >>>>> It is a wee bit over exaggerated, Jayanand, but it exists. It >>>>> happened >>>>> to me once with my D100, but it came off easily with a standard >>>>> rubber-bulb blower. >>>>> >>>>> On 6/18/06, Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net> wrote: >>>>>> I have the Nikon D70, live in an atrociously dusty environment, >>>>>> change >>>>>> lenses quite frequently, and I have not had to clean the sensor >>>>>> either!! >>>>>> I think this problem is a wee bit overdone. >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Jayanand >>>>>> Chennai, India >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information