Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/02

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Subject: [Leica] cleaning my M8 sensor
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:17:16 -0700
References: <BLU155-W27BA5EECD98954F16EBAE08D4C0@phx.gbl>

The value of a bit of persistence is worth mentioning. Shortly after 
I bought a Rocket Blower, I shot the sky and saw a couple of very 
sharp black spots in a magnified picture. One application of the 
blower cleaned that up.

The next time there was a need, it was because one LUG member 
commented that my picture of three palms had a couple of bad spots in 
the sky. These spots were not sharp; they were of a noticeable 
diameter and fuzzy. I used the blower. They were still there. I used 
the blower a second time. One went away and the other appeared to be 
fainter--maybe wishful thinking. I blowed the HELL out of it a third 
time, thinking with faint heart that I might have to order liquid and 
swab and do the scary procedure--or should I have it done 
professionally? I lucked out. Blowing the hell out of it got rid of 
that last bit of fluff.

Herb


>Hello everyone,Dark spots have appeared on my pictures (again) and
>the time has come for me to clean my M8 sensor. The problem is, I
>have never done it myself so far ... Well, I have used a small
>blower but the result is disappointing. Hence my questions:- do you
>Lugers clean your sensors yourselves?- if so, what products should I
>get for a good clean?- and also, what fatal errors should I avoid?
>(!) Thanks for your answers! As I'm currently in the US, I'd be
>interested in products I could buy or order locally.Jean-Michel
>
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-- 
Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.


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