Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] sensor cleanliness
From: cedric.agie at gmail.com (Cedric Agie)
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:42:32 +0100
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I don't know if this is true. Don't ask or tell me why.
Simply contact Leica.
I cannot help except suggesting to work as clean as possible.
And a Leica is not a barn you can open to all winds.

Cedric

2013/3/24 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>:
> Except, as noted in a related thread, technology for eliminating the 
> problem has been available for a decade, and was even licensed to Leica, 
> who, for reasons known only to themselves, chose not use it in their 
> flagship products.
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> On Mar 24, 2013, at 9:46 PM, Cedric Agie wrote:
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>> Not so of course with digital
>> cameras with interchangeable lenses. The dust and durt simply stays
>> where it is and the problem grows steadily untill you do something.
>> In my case this has worked without much fuzz for more than a year.
>> When I first discovered the problem, I went to the local Leica agent
>> who admitted the problem, cleaned the CCD in no time (about half an
>> hour) installed the latest software with no charge for this first
>> intervention.
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>> Kodak at some time developped sophysticated (often efficient but
>> expensive) systhems for labs that had such problems. Sometimes they
>> even advised to install metallic surfaces (usually stainless steel
>> plates) that were grounded to the earth of the building.
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>> Good luck,
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>> Cedric
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