Scrubbing decks

[lars_bergquist]

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A couple of weeks ago the shutter started spitting goo at the sensor. It was not particles, it showed up as diffuse gobs and smears.

 

Two weeks later and eight (8) sensor swabbings later, I seem to have a clean sensor -- until further notice. I have of course no guaranty that the goo-spitting has ceased for good. Touch on wood.

 

My M8 too behaved like this after about three months use. This goo-spitting comes after five months +, and it is far worse. What are Seiko lubricating their shutters with? Rancid whale oil? Japanese Nose Grease? Have other members had the same experience, or is this a personal curse -- like that of Joe Btsfplk, in 'Andy Capp', who had a private rain cloud always following him around?

 

The old man from the Age of the Moderately Clean Handkerchief

[richfx]

Not yet, fortunately. How many actuations preceded the problem on each body?

Rich

[lars_bergquist]

After a little more than 2,000, in this case. Less with the M8. In that case, I had what might be called a 'goo episode'. It was over after a couple of weeks, and did not return.

 

The shit must have been in a semi-liquid form, which I find mysterious. Would any sensible product engineer use a liquid lubricant in a place like this?

 

The old man from the Age of the Barnack Shutter

[ho_co]

Let's be happy that we're not scrubbing telescope mirrors like the one in this video clip.

 

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Gee, that thing is gorgeous after getting the new coating!

[arthury]

No such events with my M8 after using it for 2.5 years or so.

Nothing like this on my M9 either.

 

Have you sent in any of your M's to Leica and have them examine it?

[adan]

Coincidentally, no doubt, if one received an M8 or M9 in late fall, then "5 months later" would be just when the seasons change to warmer sunny weather. Any chance the camera got a bit warm recently (esp. black body)?

 

Personally I've had no goo episodes with either 8s or 9s - but the issue has been mentioned before, so I'm not a doubter.

[Printmaker]

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My M8 threw goo for the first 500 - 1,000 exposures. I cleaned it twice and the problem never reoccurred. I live in the tropics.

 

Tom

[Photoskeptic]

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Sorry, Lars. You failed the trivia test. The comic strip was "L'il Abner" by Al Capp.

[lars_bergquist]

Sorry, Lars. You failed the trivia test. The comic strip was "L'il Abner" by Al Capp.

Rolling on the floor with all four paws in the air (henceforth abbreviated as r.o.t.f.w.a.f.p.i.t.a.). In Swedish, we say "do a poodle". Politicians sometimes do a 'half-poodle'.

 

I'll test the sensor for dirt in a few days to see if it remains clean. One thing is clear, however: The cause is not inordinate heating. Until a couple of days ago, spring weather hereabouts has been ball-freezing.

 

The old poodle, counting his fleas

[microview]

Andy Capp (!) was a working-class cartoon character in the UK newspaper The Daily Mirror, created 1957 by Reg Smythe.

[mhoersch]

What are Seiko lubricating their shutters with? Rancid whale oil? Japanese Nose Grease? Have other members had the same experience, or is this a personal curse -- like that of Joe Btsfplk, in 'Andy Capp', who had a private rain cloud always following him around?

 

The old man from the Age of the Moderately Clean Handkerchief

 

I Like the Japanese Nose Grease Theory best!