Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/13

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] I'm not going to use an air blower to clean a sensor again!
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:51:25 -0700
References: <BA321C19-F3E1-400D-A2E2-B7C3B6357A4C@yahoo.co.uk>

Yes, you are not suppose to use compressed air to clean a sensor! I hate to
say it, but many postings on this list have said that..

Good luck! I hope all will be well.

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at 
yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> I used an air blower to blow away a piece of dust on my M9 sensor that was
> showing up at f/8 and smaller.  A little dust or water, or both, flew out
> the blower tip and scattered on one side of the sensor.
> It looks quite nasty, and shows up at all apertures.  You can see a photo
> here:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**geordiepete/6238000710/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/6238000710/>
>
> I have e-mailed Leica Japan and am waiting for their reply.  They replaced
> my M8 sensor over a year ago when the sensor cracked after cleaning it with
> a sticky rubber pressing tool bought from Canon.
> This has made me think I'm not going to do my own sensor cleaning again, a
> I thought an air-blower would be harmless!
>
> Peter
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See 
> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for
>  more information
>



-- 
// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] I'm not going to use an air blower to clean a sensor again!)
In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] I'm not going to use an air blower to clean a sensor again!)