Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just spent ~$240 on the Arctic Butterfly and some sensor swab and fluid and this and that. If I can't clean the cr*p off well, I am going to get it cleaned "professionally." The swab comes out to be around almost $4 each. So much for saving money by not buying film!!! On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > Timing is everything...... > > I ordered the Arctic Butterfly just yesterday..... > And the visible dust swabs and their oil or dust fluid..... > > Should've gotten the Eclipse stuff instead? > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > > Today I repeated the dry clean folowed by a wet clean with the Eclipse type > 3 (size) swab and their fluid. They no longer consider the E2 fluid > necessary for tin oxide sensors and recommend their standard fluid for > every > sensor. > A single pass in each direction completely removed every trace of the > streaks and I am a happy camper. I believe that the streaks I had were > either traces of oil, possibly from the swab touching the surrounds of the > sensor (shutter lubricant??), drying marks from the fluids used (qty?) or a > combination of both. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]