Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/03

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Subject: [Leica] Sensor cleaning revisited
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:28:25 -0500 (EST)

Will von Dauster wrote:

>On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:16 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>> I also am leery of vibration systems and don't like how they are put in
>> camrea which I am otherwise interested in as it seems to be a feature 
>> which
>> is expected in cameras on a consumer level like high MP's.
>> They are a consumer feature not a pro feature as far as I see it.
>> I expect to see them in small plastic cameras.
>> Photographers cleaned their own sensors for years before these  vibrating
>> sensors came out I think they can continues doing so when the occasion
>> arises to need to do so.
>
> Respectfully disagree, speaking as a full-time professional with Oly,
> Nikon, and an M8 and M9. I've never had to clean the sensor on an Oly
> (currently the spiffy E-P1), my D700s, but have to regularly on the Ms.
> If they had an ultrasonic shaker, it would be an improvement IMO.

If I were using a digital interchangeable-lens camera that didn't allow me 
to remove the back I'd welcome a self-cleaning system too.  The DMR has 
spoiled me.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com