[Leica] M8 Dust

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Howard,
I don't know if you use Lightroom, but if you the spot remove tool (I don't 
know if that's what it's called, but it's in the develop tab and looks like 
the symbol for male)  on 1 frame you can apply that same spot removal on any 
other selected frames. I find this very useful as the spot always appears in 
the same place on each frame. this is a painless way to remove them...
Best,
Bob

 Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com




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From: H&ECummer <cummer@netvigator.com>
To: lug@leica-users.org
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:59:50 PM
Subject: [Leica] M8 Dust

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
>>
>


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