Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. The sensor dust issue evidently is one that requires consideration with DSLRs. There's another option that some LUG members take. You can use a 21MP analog, non-crop factored, non-proprietary renewable sensor surface and blow the dust off before you scan ;-) I think that Olympus should best be remembered for birthing the OM cameras, for their innovation, form factor, OTF metering, bright finders etc etc Recidivist Hoppy My 2.7 c worth at today's exchange rate. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:05:47 -0400 From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [Leica] 4/3 question To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Message-ID: <C0BC5FBB.12205%bdcolen@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" 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 >> >> >