Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It may not be a reason to buy into another camera system, but if Canon offered an EOS 5D ASC (Automatic Sensor Cleaning), I'd pay a couple hundred extra for it, assuming it really worked. -Chris Lawson -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information