Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have frequently read that, while he often shot with one camera and one lens, he had several lenses and occasionally used a longer or shorter one. -----Original Message----- From: Cedric Agie Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 6:06 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] sensor cleanliness I agree. But do you know Henri Cartier Bresson, who also started the magnum Agency with Robert Capa, used only one camera and one lens during his whole life? A Leitz camera M, I don't even know the model, and an Elmar 50mm. All markings where kept hidden behind black stickers. Interrupting his retirement he accepted a last job for taking pictures in Northern France. In a few weeks time he took more than 10.000 B&W pictures with this same camera and lens. He simply stopped photography because he couldn't walk around as he liked. He said to someone cit; "I don't need a tele or a zoom etc, I have my feet for this". When I go for a family event I take an M and a 35mm I can easily keep hidden or if there are newcomers or children I take a Leica R-8 and a Leica zoom f:4 35-75mm with a winder. Altough I never trusted zooms verry much. So I don't have to change lenses. Thank you for all your infos. Regards Cedric 2013/3/24 Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>: > I do use my camera hard in hostile environments and cannot wait until I > have a dust-free, wind-free opportunity to change lenses; therefore, I > have > many, many dust spots and splotches on my sensors. I clean them with the > little rotating brush thing and the eraser-looking thing. My M9 has a > stubborn spot on the far left hand edge that I need to use a liquid > cleaner > on but haven't gotten around to yet. In the meantime, in LR I can isolate > that particular smudge and tell the program to spot it in every single > photo made with that camera. Sometimes I have to go back and tweak a spot > or two but it's still easier than doing each individual photo. For stock > submissions any microscopic spot of dust will result in a rejection with > punitive actions by the stock agency. I am happy with my Leica sensors > and > would not want anything in front of the sensor that might degrade the > image > in any way. > > Tina > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Geoff Hopkinson > <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > >> I am surprised to see this topic developing like the Aftermarket >> batteries >> and UV filters topics. Such widely different viewpoints expressed and >> different experiences reported. Leica M's of course don't have lots of >> the >> technology the big manufacturers use. We all know that. Fine by this >> amateur. Others may prefer more of course. I appreciate the approach of >> best possible optical path, absolute minimum of material in front of the >> photo sites. >> >> I don't do any of these special precautions. My camera always has a lens >> mounted so I can use it immediately. I just pull the next lens from the >> bag >> and take off its rear cap, twist the mounted one off and swap. A couple >> of >> times a year I spend 10-15 minutes to brush off the sensor then use one >> or >> two wet swabs. If the air was full of dust or blown sand/spray then I >> wouldn't. No one is paying me to get those shots. I don't use my cameras >> hard in hostile environments. >> >> Incidentally Nikon just told me that my D600 may develop excessive spots >> on the sensor and that I should return it to a service agent if so! Fancy >> that. >> >> cheers >> Geoff >> >> On 25/03/2013, at 6:46, Cedric Agie <cedric.agie at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > There must be a problem of stattic electricity, certainly with a new >> > camera containig electronics. When I change lenses of an M, R or >> > Hasselblad camera, and certainly with the M-9 I allways : >> > >> > 1? choose a quiet place and protect my camera as much as possible and >> > never when it's windy, if possible go inside somewhere, a car or a >> > building, be it a toilet, >> > 2? allways turn the camera with the lens down, >> > 3? have the new (clean) lens ready without its lenscap, clean my >> lenscaps, >> > 4? have a blower at hand and if possible and/or have a table or >> > somebody nearby for help and do the changes quickly after 2 or 3 >> > strong blows inside with the blower without a brush! >> > >> > We all inspect the surfaces of our lenses closely and are used to see >> > lots of dust and dirt on it in no time. The same phenomenon happens >> > with our films, but the fine dust and particles are usually washed >> > away during the developping process. Not so of course with digital >> > cameras with interchangeable lenses. The dust and durt simply stays >> > where it is and the problem grows steadily untill you do something. >> > In my case this has worked without much fuzz for more than a year. >> > When I first discovered the problem, I went to the local Leica agent >> > who admitted the problem, cleaned the CCD in no time (about half an >> > hour) installed the latest software with no charge for this first >> > intervention. >> > >> > Kodak at some time developped sophysticated (often efficient but >> > expensive) systhems for labs that had such problems. Sometimes they >> > even advised to install metallic surfaces (usually stainless steel >> > plates) that were grounded to the earth of the building. >> > >> > Good luck, >> > >> > Cedric >> > >> > >> > >> > 2013/3/24 Stasys Petravicius <stasys1 at cox.net>: >> >> Hi All- I use panasonic p/s cameras on vacations. On the last trip I >> took about 1800 happy snaps. I have discovered that there is a smudge in >> the frame (depending on the light and composition). This is a $250 >> camera, >> and sending it in for cleaning is not economical. I've done it before >> under >> warranty- and it comes back if you shoot enough. Back on topic with >> Leica- >> I just had my R9 serviced at the factory in Germany and guess what? The >> spots are back in the images. I've had it back about 2 months. I can take >> the DMR back off and clean? the sensor- but interchanging lenses - the >> spots come back. I think the only solution is as suggested- a cleaning >> system incorporated in the camera design - or a fixed zoom lens of say >> 28- >> 200 mm range which you do not take off the camera body. Maybe I'll just >> buy another panasonic $250 camera and use it for another 1800 or 2500 >> frames. 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