Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I should also note, that I have only needed to do this once as far as dust is concerned. ;-) Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: grduprey@mchsi.com > > Tarek, > > Congrats on the new M8. Mine has been pretty much dust free for the most > part. > However I use the Eclipse 2 cleaner on the Visible Dust swabs. They make > one > for the 1.3 sensors. The swabs come in a box of 12 and should last you a > while. > I got 2 boxes just to make sure. Normal use is maybe once a month or > less, > depending on how heavy a shooter you are. Since you are going to a dusty > area, > probably higher use would be needed. One trick I use and it seems to work > for > me is to make sure you blow or dust around the lens mount before you > remove the > lens, and then blow into the lens opening with the lens mount down before > mounting the new lens. I just blow with my mouth. Seems like a long > procedure, > but really only takes a few seconds or so. This procedure seems to keep > the > dust out very well. Also turn the camera off when changing lenses. > > Have fun with the new camera. > > Gene > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Tarek Charara <tarek.charara@pix-that-stimulate.com> > > > > OK, so here I am with a brand new M8... :^) > > > > I'm discovering a lot of things: > > 1) It's a disaster for left-eyed photographers, the small screen gets > > full of nose grease... > > 2) The frames are very approximate, I have the feeling they were more > > accurate with the film M's - Maybe I'm wrong... > > 3) 1/8000 of a second is something that can happen very fast! When I > > forget to change ISO settings and find myself shooting in sunlight, > > for example! > > 4) It's nice NOT to have to get rid of all the dust with B&W... > > > > Questions to all the M8 experts out there: > > What is your sensor cleaning technique? I've bought the camear > > yesterday and allready 3 or 4 dust specks in the blue skyes (nothing > > terrible)... > > I'm going to take the camera (along with the film M's & R's) next > > week and next month to Benin and to Syria/Jordan in April/May - pretty > > dusty out there - so, what is your technique to get rid of the dust?? > > > > All the best from Paris! > > > > Tarek > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Tarek Charara > > <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information