Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like the bulb blower first, the lens pen second and the butterfly third, in order of severity of dust spots. I hesitate to ever use liquid which usually results in worse smears than I started with. Tina On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:04 PM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote: > During recent fussing-about with a photo containing a vast expanse of > sky, shot with the lens stopped down reasonably far... I found myself > no longer able to blissfully ignore whatever crap has collected on the > sensor of the newish M. > > I'm really bad about getting around to sensor cleaning, but I think > I'm going to have to bite the bullet. This camera seems particularly > fond of getting stuff on its sensor, possibly partly because of the > time it spends with the shutter open during live-view interludes. > > So anyway: do the experienced sensor-cleaners in the LUG have current > favorite tools and supplies to use for this chore? I remember years > back there was talk of butterflies and I dunno what-all-else. > > What are people feeling comfortable with these days, for sensor safety > and efficacy? Are there distinct dry and wet approaches? > > So far what I've come up with searching the LUG is references to > Eclipse fluid, and looking at that vendor's info, it seems that the > "Type 3" swab are the right size for the M240's full-frame sensor. > > Anything to add or change, any particular gotchas to warn of? > > Thanks in advance... > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com