[Leica] cleaning my M8 sensor

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Jean-Michel, I forgot to add, everyone's M sensor is spotty 98% of the
time. It's just that we never stop our lenses down to notice ;-)
Plain skies and small apertures will find you out every time. By the way
the cover glass on the M9 sensor is much thinner than that on the M8. Many
other camera sensors have much thicker covering and/or ant-dust systems
too. I know personally of some terrible abuse of M8 sensors that somehow
survived but you can crack the bonded on coverglass on an M9 sensor
with DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMENDED direct finger pressure. And that means an
expensive complete sensor assembly replacement.
I've cleaned my M sensors I guess dozens of times over the last five years
or so with no problems. The first time is the scariest.

Cheers,
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 3 April 2012 11:43, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote:

>
> Thanks Geoff for the tips, I'll order the kit at once. I had my M8 sent to
> Solms for the last cleaning but that turns out to be a bit expensive in the
> long run ... The time has come for me to face that task! I hope you
> everything is alright for you?Cheers,Jean-Michel
>  > From: hopsternew at gmail.com
> > Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 06:42:16 +1000
> > To: lug at leica-users.org
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] cleaning my M8 sensor
> >
> > Hi Jean-Michel. I have always cleaned my own sensor on M8 and M9. With a
> > little care it is no problem.
> > http://www.photosol.com/store/pc/home.asp
> > I use their "Brush Off, Eclipse Fluid and Sensor Swabs. The swab size you
> > want for the M8 is #1.
> > There are good videos available from the page to showthe
> process/technique
> > too
> >
> > Things to be aware of are to ensure that your camera battery has a good
> > charge and use the menu selection for sensor inspection, never B setting,
> > never apply direct pressure to the sensor coverglass with anything other
> > than a correctly used swab, ensure visible grit is removed first with
> brush
> > before using swab
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3 April 2012 06:18, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello everyone,Dark spots have appeared on my pictures (again) and the
> > > time has come for me to clean my M8 sensor. The problem is, I have
> never
> > > done it myself so far ... Well, I have used a small blower but the
> result
> > > is disappointing. Hence my questions:- do you Lugers clean your sensors
> > > yourselves?- if so, what products should I get for a good clean?- and
> also,
> > > what fatal errors should I avoid? (!) Thanks for your answers! As I'm
> > > currently in the US, I'd be interested in products I could buy or order
> > > locally.Jean-Michel
> > >
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