wlaidlaw Posted August 6, 2013 Share #121 Posted August 6, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just distract her with a large purchase of Vim at the same time. ......and spoil her by giving her a new scrubbing brush at the same time Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lct Posted August 6, 2013 Share #122 Posted August 6, 2013 The gift would have to be at the same price level for me. Don't ask me why i still don't have a Noctilux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithlaban.co.uk Posted August 6, 2013 Share #123 Posted August 6, 2013 Just used the Eyelead for the fist time. Excellent! Thanks, Jaap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 6, 2013 Share #124 Posted August 6, 2013 ......and spoil her by giving her a new scrubbing brush at the same time Wilson Or sensor swabs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted August 6, 2013 Share #125 Posted August 6, 2013 Hi Jaap, maybe you should negotiate some commission deal with Eyelead. They must have been inundated with orders since your post. Go for free Sticky Paper for life. Seriously, great product. _________________ Cheers, Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 6, 2013 Share #126 Posted August 6, 2013 Dust on the sensor is a very serious matter, nobody should make any jokes about. Especially when somebody has spend thousands of dollars for his equipment. Let´s hope, Leica´s CEO will react in an appropriate manner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted August 6, 2013 Share #127 Posted August 6, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dust on the sensor is a very serious matter, nobody should make any jokes about. Especially when somebody has spend thousands of dollars for his equipment. Let´s hope, Leica´s CEO will react in an appropriate manner. Maybe "Leica's CEO" can wash the OP's car while he's in Bali cleaning his sensor... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 6, 2013 Share #128 Posted August 6, 2013 Hi Jaap, maybe you should negotiate some commission deal with Eyelead. They must have been inundated with orders since your post. Go for free Sticky Paper for life. Seriously, great product. _________________ Cheers, Tom I just call'em as I see'em Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Emile de Leon Posted August 6, 2013 Share #129 Posted August 6, 2013 GH1.. Just eyeballed the sensor.. Clean as a whistle.. 5 years later.. w/no cleaning.. And.. Yes..I shoot the Noct and the 35 asph wide open a lot.. But.. I also have the 7 to 14 Lumix WA..(14 to 28 equivalent in 35mm..) And guess what.. at 7 mm with infinent DOF.. No dust in photos...anywhere..with that lens either.. And..for the frosting on the cake.. No burnt out pixels.. No dead/cracked sensor.. No lock ups.. No anything bad at all.. Cam always works..never been in the shop.. But maybe its the Leica metal body..attracts more dust than a plastic one.. And/or maybe that powerful processor just electrostatically magnetizes the cam for dust attraction.. Maybe they should put out a plastic version..hahaha! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 7, 2013 Share #130 Posted August 7, 2013 All this talk about sensor cleaning ... nobody cleans the actual sensor ... it's the sensor's filter which is cleaned. If those people who are reluctant to clean their filters realised this fact they might be more willing to carry out the essential maintenance. The filter surface is designed to be cleaned and provided it's cleaned sensibly it's unlikely to be damaged. dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guido Posted August 7, 2013 Share #131 Posted August 7, 2013 Dust on the sensor is a very serious matter' date=' nobody should make any jokes about.[/quote']LOL! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblutter Posted August 7, 2013 Share #132 Posted August 7, 2013 This is easily solved. Hire the top engineering graduate from the nearest university, send him/her to Solms for training. Upon return install them in your home full time at a high salary expressly to ensure the cleanliness of your M 24/7 When the urge to photograph strikes your camera will be ready. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted August 8, 2013 Share #133 Posted August 8, 2013 This is easily solved. Hire the top engineering graduate from the nearest university, send him/her to Solms for training. Upon return install them in your home full time at a high salary expressly to ensure the cleanliness of your M 24/7 When the urge to photograph strikes your camera will be ready. First I've heard of a Leica M 24/7, has the 240 been discontinued? ________________ Cheers, Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijporter Posted August 9, 2013 Share #134 Posted August 9, 2013 I assume that you turn the camera off before changing lenses, otherwise the static becomes a dust magnet when the lens is removed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 24, 2013 Share #135 Posted September 24, 2013 Just had a nightmare cleaning my M. Both dust detection and loupe showed a clean required and maybe overdue. After a wet clean with Visible Dust Smear Away, I could see visible smears with my illuminated loupe, so I changed back to Eclipse, which cleaned far better with no smears. I then used an Eyelead sticky pad for small dust. I could still see one very large spec of dust and three smaller ones, so Eyelead again. The large dust blob has moved but is still there and more small ones have appeared. Finally after three more wet cleans and a final Eyelead, I have got the sensor the cleanest it has been since new (and probably before that). The smearing with the eye-wateringly expensive Smear Away is disappointing and I assume must be because it does not fully dissolve the notorious Solms Goblin Snot that affects digital M's for the first approximate 1000 shutter actuations, whereas Eclipse does. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 24, 2013 Share #136 Posted September 24, 2013 Smear Away is for fatty type of deposits, whilst water-soluble ones are better removed by other products. For all you know the resistant dust may have been something like Diesel soot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayewing Posted September 24, 2013 Share #137 Posted September 24, 2013 Just had a nightmare cleaning my M. Both dust detection and loupe showed a clean required and maybe overdue. After a wet clean with Visible Dust Smear Away, I could see visible smears with my illuminated loupe, so I changed back to Eclipse, which cleaned far better with no smears. I then used an Eyelead sticky pad for small dust. I could still see one very large spec of dust and three smaller ones, so Eyelead again. The large dust blob has moved but is still there and more small ones have appeared. Finally after three more wet cleans and a final Eyelead, I have got the sensor the cleanest it has been since new (and probably before that). The smearing with the eye-wateringly expensive Smear Away is disappointing and I assume must be because it does not fully dissolve the notorious Solms Goblin Snot that affects digital M's for the first approximate 1000 shutter actuations, whereas Eclipse does. Wilson There have been reports of problems in cleaning the sensor of the MM. I hope that there will not be any special difficulty with the new M. I too got plenty of practice in sensor cleaning with my M9 during its first 6 months but very rarely thereafter. My M240 arrived four weeks ago and despite fairly frequent lens changes while trying out all my Leica and Voigtlander lenses as well as my Visoflex stuff, I have not seen any evidence of dust on the sensor yet. The lack of other reports of dust problems with the M is encouraging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 24, 2013 Share #138 Posted September 24, 2013 I had to clean my M once for a huge blob and assorted minor specks. A blast with the blower and the Eyelead lollipop did the trick. Running the same over my M8 and M9 in the same session resulted in three sparkling clean sensors in fifteen minutes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 24, 2013 Share #139 Posted September 24, 2013 ;2514599 For all you know the resistant dust may have been something like Diesel soot. Probably Ferrari exhaust smoke from the recent classic car rally I was on, where about 30% of the cars were Ferraris. When you go over mountain passes, these old cars with lots of big carburettors blow out clouds of black smoke. :) Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albireo_double Posted September 25, 2013 Share #140 Posted September 25, 2013 Once again, the answer is the Eclipse solution and sensor swabs. Unfortunately, both my M9 and M9-P have sprayed oil on the sensor. Same thing with the S2, I am afraid. Have been cleaning the sensors regularly, despite well intentioned warnings by people on this forum and others. Sensor swabs and a bottle of Eclipse have been with me to Africa, the Caribbean, Malta and many other destinations. It is a "fact of life" as others say here but it is bloody infuriating nevertheless. I doubt the spots are pollen or dust and I bet most of them are shutter lube or something from inside the camera. If you can't live with that, get a Sony RX-1; the sensor and lens are one sealed unit and there are no spots ever. If you want to use an M/M9 or S/S2 just accept that even the German boffins can't figure out, in the 21st century, how to make a $10k camera that does not spray gunk over a sensor! You have to clean it yourself... no point sending the camera anywhere, since it will spray gunk over the sensor the moment you take another shot with it, after being cleaned. But it will get better with time - after about 6 months, you will notice that your sensor does not show 60 spots but maybe only 30 or even less. In the meantime - Eclipse, sensor swabs and the healing brush tools will be your friends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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