Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tarek for what it's, worth? Dust spots? When and how big do you blow the image up before you see dust spots? And only in a clear blue sky? I haven't cleaned the insides of my 20D since I go it several years ago and I know there are some dust bits in there because if I blow an image up to about 300-400% yeah I see them. However shooting a basketball game or 99.9% of other subjects I have no idea anything is there. Even on the faces of beautiful women,. Yes if they're blown up 3-4 hundred % the spots are there. But it's so simple to spot them out, it's hardly worth messing inside the guts of the camera. It's exactly the same with the M8 even more so! I treat the digital gear exactly the same as everything else has been in my photo life.KISS! The more you diddle with them the more grief you're going to create for yourself. If you don't see any dust spots until major blow-ups forget they are there and relax enjoying your M8. But if I were going to the desert as you are in April-May I'd have 3 M8's and not bother changing any lenses. Or I'd sure want to have a large amount of experience on cleaning before I went. ted -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tarek Charara Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:37 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] M8 questions 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.5/1278 - Release Date: 2/14/2008 10:28 AM