Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For my M8, I've used sensor swabs and Eclipse fluid. I've been very happy with the product. http://www.photosol.com/store/pc/home.asp Seems expensive, use a swab once a toss it; but the fluid lasts forever, and will even aid cleaning nasty bits from lens surfaces. My little Pentax K-r has a dust mapping utility, and you can then push a button that shakes the gunk off the sensor. Wish Leica had something like that. It doesn't work for spots, but so far, I've had very little of that, far less than with the M8. I'm not sure why the Leica sensor seems to get so much in the way of what looks like liquid spots, maybe Lube of some sort from the lenses being so close? On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:51 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > 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> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA