Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/08

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Subject: [Leica] cleaning the ccd?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue May 8 00:33:33 2007
References: <B9DB74DA8D2F6BA5CE297BDE@hindolveston.reid.org> <696278.60653.qm@web52911.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20070507134339.D7D8D2FBFF@donald.hostspirit.ch> <463F78D6.7050202@nathanfoto.com>

Nathan,
I use a lenspen, which was recommended to me by John Shaw, the nature
photographer. It is absurdly easy, and great for lenses,too. It is also a
dry system:

http://www.lenspen.com/

I just clean sensors whenever its required - I think this is a mind thing
with most of us.

Cheers
Jayanand


On 5/8/07, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote:
>
> I am also paranoid about touching my sensor. But this weekend, I had an
> opportunity to try this system:
> http://www.delkin.com/products/sensorscope/
> I did not use the liquid, just examined the sensor with the special
> loupe and used the vacuum cleaner to get the dust off. This thing is
> powerful, well made, and, most importantly, it worked great. I could not
> find a Dutch store selling it, so I just ordered it from B&H. With the
> dollar at current levels, even paying shipping and Dutch VAT on arrival
> will probably be cheaper than what a local shop would have charged.
>
> Nathan
>
> Didier Ludwig wrote:
> > Bernardo
> > I just use a pressure air can for the small dust. After a friend of mine
> has scratched the sensor of his Pentax *ist with one of these cleaning 
> kits,
> I have decided to let this done by a local camera shop from time to time.
> > Didier
> >
> >
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >>  Any recommendation for cleaning the ccd?
> >>
> >>  I have just 2 or 3 small dust points that don't justificate cleaning
> for now but I want to be prepared.
> >>
> >>  Thanks in advance
> >>
> >>  b regards from portugal
> >>  bernardo feio
> >>
> >
> >
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> >
>
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Comments from another judge)
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