Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So far I have only use a blower bulb, once. This only for some very small dust sports, which required magnification to see. I have bought the Lens Pen SensorKlean, and the swabs and Eclipse, but as yet have not used any of them. 9 months now and no dust problems worth worrying about. Looking forward to retirement this January... Gene -------------- Original message from Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net>: -------------- > Hi Howard, > > Darn the dust. I have been lucky so far and only needed the air bulb. > I only had to resort to the Eclipse and swabs once, 4 years ago on a > D1X. Works like a champ. I still have one unopened bottle. > > Enjoy retirement. I'm almost 3 years now. I find it just gives me > more time to get into trouble. ;-) The fun kind. > > Cheers. > Len > > > On Oct 13, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Howard Cummer wrote: > > > Hi Len, > > The new M8 is so far so good. I have quite a few dust spots on the > > CCD and my cleaning efforts with an Artic Butterfly and then Zeiss > > lens cloths have just made matters worse. Am off for > > more proper cleaning tools ( Photographic Solutions Sensor Swabs? > > and Eclipse?)on Monday. At the moment I am trying to master pano > > photos with a Novoflex set up which the M8 seems well suited to > > once you have found the nodal point of the lens you are working > > with. Finding that point is a great time consumer - it is a good > > thing I am retired! :-) > > Thanks for asking, > > Cheers > > Howard. > > > > On 13 Oct 2007, at 8:46 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > > > >> Message: 7 > >> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:52:27 -0400 > >> From: Leonard Taupier > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] 28mm Summicron IR problem > >> To: Leica Users Group > >> Message-ID: > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > >> > >> Hi Howard, > >> > >> How's the new M8 working out? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Len > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information