Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/22

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Subject: [Leica] S2 Awesomeness
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:57:31 +0530
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I have never had a problem with a Lenspen doing anything but clean the
sensor. I have been using Lenspen, both for sensors and lenses, ever
since I went digital, on the advice of John Shaw.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Built in vibration-based cleaning is awesome. ?The problem with
> LensPen is that you apply more friction than a wet clean. ?If you have
> sharp adhering dust the chance of a scratch is much higher. ?I am risk
> averse when it comes to these things.
>
> Marty
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj
> <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Lenspen - the size of the sensor does not matter. In a similar vein, I
>> have not cleaned ?my Nikon D300 even once since buying it when it
>> first came out, not even on my frequent wildlife trips, just proving
>> the efficacy of an inbuilt cleaning system. It is much, much dustier
>> in our jungles....
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Changing lenses on my M8 in a similar environment in Botswana last
>>> year led to a very long and nerve-wracking but relatively simple and
>>> ultimately profitable workout for my Arctic Butterfly. ?I cannot
>>> imagine how much dust the giant CCD in the S2 could attract and hang
>>> on to. ?And how do you clean it when no-one makes sensor swabs the
>>> right size?
>>>
>>> Marty
>>>
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In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] S2 Awesomeness)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] S2 Awesomeness)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] S2 Awesomeness)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] S2 Awesomeness)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] S2 Awesomeness)