Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am totally with Dr. Ted on this one in ten years of digital shooting I've never touched a sensor. Air. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:47:13 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 Awesomeness > > How do you people get dust and crap inside your cameras? Particularly the > M8 > owner-users? > > I haven't touched my M8 since I got it, a couple years ago? Only once in > awhile when there's a large blue sky area do I see anything then I do a > quick on screen spotting as though it were film. > However, 99.9% of the time there isn't anything there to clean. Jeeesh > maybe > I'm becoming blind in my only one good eye or it's beginning to fail me? > Naw never happen! :-) > The big problem I have with any poking around inside the camera is left > over > from the olden days when a camera required any kind of > maintenance....inside? It went to a guy who knew how to do it because he > worked on the guts and didn't take pictures. And the rule was, "if anything > needs to be done inside the camera let the guy who fixes them do it. > > Then along comes digital which I assumed would be scarier to dig around > inside and people talk about blowing into and jiggling a brush around > inside > and it scares the hell out of me. So far I guess the dust gremlins have > taken pity on the old guy as I've not had any problems!!! > cheers, > Dr. ted -) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 Awesomeness > > > Lenspen - the size of the sensor does not matter. In a similar vein, I > have not cleaned my Nikon D300 even once since buying it when it > first came out, not even on my frequent wildlife trips, just proving > the efficacy of an inbuilt cleaning system. It is much, much dustier > in our jungles.... > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > wrote: >> Changing lenses on my M8 in a similar environment in Botswana last >> year led to a very long and nerve-wracking but relatively simple and >> ultimately profitable workout for my Arctic Butterfly. I cannot >> imagine how much dust the giant CCD in the S2 could attract and hang >> on to. And how do you clean it when no-one makes sensor swabs the >> right size? >> >> Marty >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information