Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The big thing may be to just avoid taking the lens off. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:58:58 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 Awesomeness > > Bob, all I know is that my M9 is a PITA when it comes to dust. The only > other digital cam I have is the E-3 so never a dust problem there, but the > conventional wisdom that the bigger the sensor and the hotter the sensor, > the worse the dust problem is. Of course it shows up worst in close down > and > smooth background such as the sky, which thankfully I don't usually do > except in Feb when I was shooting at the Joshua Tree Nat Park. > > As for protector, I have not used or seen a medium back up close. Are they > just bare with the sensor exposed to the elements? That seems like asking > for trouble? > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> 1. Dust is dust. I've been shooting in woods with ash from the fires where >> every >> leaf, branch, stump and trail is covered with fine ash. When you breath it >> rises. No problem. >> 2. Protector? What could you possibly mean? Something between the lens and >> the >> sensor? Tell me more... >> Bob Adler >> Palo Alto, CA >> http://www.rgaphoto.com >> >> >> > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information