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Subject: [Leica] M8 Sensor Cleaning
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed Jul 11 07:03:55 2007
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Hi Ted,

I suspect that it is partly dumb luck as you suggest, and partly that  
you probably shoot mostly at wide apertures, where dust is less  
apparent. When I bought my Canon 1D2, there was a stubborn spot  
(actually, a couple) which I could not get off with compressed air.  
But it was only visible in pictures with a lot of uniform colour,  
like blue sky, not in the more typical street pictures that I take.

I have now cleaned the sensor and all is well.

Nathan

On 11-jul-2007, at 15:42, Ted Grant wrote:

> This sensor cleaning thing is obviously a problem I haven't  
> encountered yet!
> And touching wood I trust never to encounter.
>
> It never occurred to me that stuff on the sensor happens simply  
> because I've
> never seen it since I started playing with digital cameras, Canon, of
> several models, and Leica M8.
>
> Maybe it's because I don't look for trouble I've been lucky, by the  
> same
> token I have never seen anything in prints indicating "stuff on the  
> sensor"
> when making 12X18 blow-ups. Nor as Power point screened images with a
> digital projector.
>
> I suppose I have to ask, is it possible my innocents of such  
> problems has
> been just dumb ass luck I've not encountered it? Or that I should look
> harder on the computer screen at 300% blow-up for the critter dust?
> Certainly when I haven't seen it with the naked eye?
>
> And trust me I don't pamper my gear nor abuse it, but I do use it,  
> not like
> I'm carrying a new born. They get slung on shoulder or neck and  
> into photo
> battle changing lenses on the go wherever I maybe no differently than
> shooting film cameras.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> ted
>
>
>
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Nathan Wajsman
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