Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If Olympus was really smart, they'd license it out to anyone with the bucks. On 6/19/06 3:28 PM, "mcyclwritr@comcast.net" <mcyclwritr@comcast.net> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information