Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, I'm sorry, the correct name is www.visibledust.com Best! Lluis El 12/01/2009, a las 0:59, H&ECummer escribi?: > Steve, > I have and use the Arctic Butterfly (good Canadian product) but find > that I tend to wait to clean the sensor until the dirt is really > stuck on and then I go to the 1.3 swabs and the visible dust > cleaner. It is safe and works (reasonably) well. > Check out > www.visibkedust.com > Dust on the M8 sensor is a real pain in the a** if like me you shoot > panoramas at small apertures for extended depth of field and you see > the dust pattern repeated in panel after panel. I hope Leica follows > others in adding dust shaking features to a future digital M (like > virtually all others are doing / have done) but based on Leica's > history of adopting features like built in light meters and such I > am not holding my breath. It is time consuming to clean up all these > spots!! > Cheers > Howard > On 12 Jan 2009, at 6:11 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > >> Steve Barbour wrote: >>> >>> On Jan 11, 2009, at 7:05 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: >>> >>>> Steve, >>>> Take a look at Visible Dust products - I've used their rotating >>>> brush, swabs and cleaning lfluids on my Canon 20D and 300D with >>>> great >>>> success. A blower bulb is also useful for loose dust. >>>> >>>> The spinning brush generates static in its bristles to pick off >>>> loose >>>> dust without having to touch the sensor. I usually use this every >>>> time before I take a digital out, just to make sure. >>> >>> I really like the idea...seems rather expensive, safe ? works ? >>> >>> Steve >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information