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Subject: [Leica] M8 dust...
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun Jan 11 16:58:34 2009
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On Jan 11, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Steve that is what I use. It has been completely successful for me.  
> I have
> the 1.3 size orange swabs. There are a couple of versions of the kit.
> It isn't cheap of course but neither is that sensor! I probably do a  
> wet
> clean about every couple of months. I'm told that the Eclipse  
> products are
> very good too.
> Alastair will tell you a tale of vigorously scrubbing the cover of his
> sensor to get rid of ink from an unsuccessful trial of lens coding.
> You may actually have small oil spots visible and there is always  
> some dust.
> Just sometimes you see it and others not, depending on aperture used  
> and
> where the spots are positioned in the image. You know the trick to  
> get them
> to show up, right? Actually two tricks. Shoot anything vitally  
> important and
> you'll see them right away ;-) Or shoot a featureless area at small



thanks Geoff, Steve


>
> aperture.
>
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Steve Barbour
> Sent: Monday, 12 January 2009 04:43
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 dust...
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2009, at 7:05 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>> Take a look at Visible Dust products - I've used their rotating  
>> brush,
>> swabs and cleaning lfluids on my Canon 20D and 300D with great
>> success. A blower bulb is also useful for loose dust.
>>
>> The spinning brush generates static in its bristles to pick off loose
>> dust without having to touch the sensor. I usually use this every  
>> time
>> before I take a digital out, just to make sure.
>
> I really like the idea...seems rather expensive, safe ? works ?
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>> I use the swabs when greasy or water spray spots are on the sensor -
>> usually happens if you're changing lenses in damp weather or have
>> blown dust off your sensor.
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>> Steve Barbour wrote:
>>> I have two stubborn dust spots on my M8 sensor that will not be  
>>> blown
>>> out...
>>>
>>> one upper right, one central...
>>>
>>> I think I can see them...what presently is the very best way to
>>> remove them?
>>>
>>>
>>> Is a fine clean camel hair brush OK, or is there some other device
>>> available ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> thank you,
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Replies: Reply from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] M8 dust...Sensor cleaning example)
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Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] M8 dust...)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] M8 dust...)