Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But haven't they already? Isn't this one of the technologies they licensed to Panasonic for the upcoming 4/3rds camera? AB On 6/19/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >