thirdwheel Posted February 10, 2010 Share #1 Posted February 10, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sorry guys, this must have been asked many many times. How do I remove this or does it have it go back to Leica for servicing. Many thanks for the feedback. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 Hi thirdwheel, Take a look here Speck of dust on my M9 sensor. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
diogenis Posted February 10, 2010 Share #2 Posted February 10, 2010 Hi. Lot's of info here: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/114998-m9-ultimate-sensor-cleaning-device.html Follow your camera's manual as to how to clean the sensor, and buy a dust aid platinum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 10, 2010 Share #3 Posted February 10, 2010 Give it a blow with the Giotto Rocket Blower first. Make sure your battery is 100% full when you set the camera to sensor cleaning. Keep he camera facing downwards so the dust falls out instead of falling onto the sensor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted February 10, 2010 Share #4 Posted February 10, 2010 Sorry guys, this must have been asked many many times. How do I remove this or does it have it go back to Leica for servicing. Many thanks for the feedback. Cheers. No it doesn't have to go back for servicing. I wasn't sure so I took my M9 to a competent camera technician the first time, I watched how he did it. And have done it myself ever since. Firstly ensure that you have a fully charged battery. You don't want the shutter closing on you while you're fiddling around with the sensor. Secondly use the "Sensor Cleaning" function on the menu & not the B setting on the shutter dial. I've read here about some people using that method, it's a recipe for disaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdwheel Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted February 10, 2010 Thanks gentlemen for kindly responding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdwheel Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted February 10, 2010 No it doesn't have to go back for servicing. I wasn't sure so I took my M9 to a competent camera technician the first time, I watched how he did it. And have done it myself ever since. Firstly ensure that you have a fully charged battery. You don't want the shutter closing on you while you're fiddling around with the sensor. Secondly use the "Sensor Cleaning" function on the menu & not the B setting on the shutter dial. I've read here about some people using that method, it's a recipe for disaster. The manual isn't totally clear on this. Basically set it to sensor cleaning mode and then use the rocket blower with camera facing downwards right? Can you enlighten as to why the B setting method is not to be used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogenis Posted February 10, 2010 Share #7 Posted February 10, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) because it is a mechanical switch: if you lose the contact then god knows what the guillotine might cut The problem with the blowers is that it might leave more dust than it's supposed to clear, not to say it will stir it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdwheel Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share #8 Posted February 10, 2010 because it is a mechanical switch: if you lose the contact then god knows what the guillotine might cut The problem with the blowers is that it might leave more dust than it's supposed to clear, not to say it will stir it The manual is not very clear about how to work the sensor cleaning function. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted February 10, 2010 Share #9 Posted February 10, 2010 The manual is not very clear about how to work the sensor cleaning function. There is not a "cleaning function" per se. It's just a means to keep the shutter retracted while you clean the sensor with, sensor swab, bulb blower, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted February 10, 2010 Share #10 Posted February 10, 2010 Can you enlighten as to why the B setting method is not to be used? Other than the possibility of the shutter closing prematurely, if you use 'B' the sensor is making an exposure, and being charged the static could attract more dust than you are trying to remove. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdwheel Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share #11 Posted February 10, 2010 There is not a "cleaning function" per se. It's just a means to keep the shutter retracted while you clean the sensor with, sensor swab, bulb blower, etc. Ok this is very clear to me now. Thanks ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdwheel Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share #12 Posted February 10, 2010 Other than the possibility of the shutter closing prematurely, if you use 'B' the sensor is making an exposure, and being charged the static could attract more dust than you are trying to remove. Steve Steve, this clarifies everything on the risks. Thanks. Michali and diogenis, thanks as well ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted February 10, 2010 Share #13 Posted February 10, 2010 Other than the possibility of the shutter closing prematurely, if you use 'B' the sensor is making an exposure, and being charged the static could attract more dust than you are trying to remove. Steve Possibility... my arse... It will close!!!.... DO NOT use the Bulb setting!!! If you do, kiss your shutter goodbye. Off to Solms it will go. My problem is that for some reason when the battery is marginal, I do not the get battery low message, and when I press the shutter it takes a normal picture.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted February 10, 2010 Share #14 Posted February 10, 2010 Recent YouTube post by one of the "M9 pro experts": Which by the way, should be a video on how NOT to clean the sensor of an M9 IMHO at so many levels, but recently posted in the M8 forum as to how easy it is to clean an sensor by another forum member. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted February 10, 2010 Share #15 Posted February 10, 2010 thirdwheel, if you are new to sensor cleaning, there are four basic methods or techniques, each progressively more effective for "sticky" dust but usually requiring more elaborate or expensive equipment. 1. Air blower. Usually the rubber-bulb type, but the canned-air type is good IF-IF-IF you know what you're doing. The dangers of canned air are: too much pressure can actually bend the shutter blades, and sloppy can handling may lead to frozen air spattering onto the sensor. I use canned air myself, but I've been using canned air for 25 years (for cleaning dust off film) so I know what I'm doing and have a light finger on the trigger. 2. Dry static-free brush - camel's hair lens brush or Artic Butterfly. 3. Contact cleaners - basically a sticky-but-residue-free lump of silicone or polyurethane on a wand, Press it against the sensor glass in a gentle stamping motion and it pulls the dust off. 4. Liquid swabs - a wand with an absorbent tip moistened with a cleaning fluid, painted back and forth across the sensor glass. Needed for really greasy, sticky dust (skin dander and such). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 10, 2010 Share #16 Posted February 10, 2010 It is not skin stuff or pollen stuff- it is dandruff from the beards of the Gnomes in Solms....if it is white. If it is black it is the Magic Leica Dust from the engineering department and you remove it at your peril. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted February 10, 2010 Share #17 Posted February 10, 2010 From LFI issue 7/2007 article on sensor cleaning (M8, but same deal)... "Various cases at Leica Customer Service show that there are obviously some very clever camera buffs who made the fatal choice of cleaning their delicate bits with the shutter speed dial set to Bulb. Not a good idea." Their recommendation to clean, which works for me, is air blower first, then wet swab if necessary. And, I find Eclipse swabs work fine. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogenis Posted February 10, 2010 Share #18 Posted February 10, 2010 Recent YouTube post by one of the "M9 pro experts": Which by the way, should be a video on how NOT to clean the sensor of an M9 IMHO at so many levels, but recently posted in the M8 forum as to how easy it is to clean an sensor by another forum member. ouch very sloppy indeed. There has to be a sense of logic, the manual describes the procedure and there is also a very specific menu command for sensor cleaning. The important here is to get dust out of the sensor room, not force it in using a blower... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 10, 2010 Share #19 Posted February 10, 2010 Still- blowing it out works in 90 % of the cases. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogenis Posted February 10, 2010 Share #20 Posted February 10, 2010 Jaap, you can understand that whatever airborne particles exist will end up inside the dark room. Maybe you might clear it in the end, if its not stubborn, but how much dust will you get back inside? I may sound as a broken record, buy something like a dust aid platinum: it is smaller and faster than using a rocket blower, and you can do it on the spot, even hold the camera in your hands sort off... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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