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Holiday bliss for these Italian visitors on the Mykonos coast road between Chora and Ornos, with Kanali peninsular in the background. Taken with Leica Monochrom and 25mm Summicron ASPH, f/9.5 at 1/1500s.

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Mike,

 

A lovely shot with great composition, lovely tones and sharpness. I believe I detect some faint artifacts in the upper right of the picture (in the sky).

 

Paul

 

You are right. I shall investigate when I get back to the computer.

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You are right. I shall investigate when I get back to the computer.

 

I now see the spots in other pictures; strange I didn't notice it before. Any ideas as to what it could be? Could be dust on the sensor, do you think?

 

Mike

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I now see the spots in other pictures; strange I didn't notice it before. Any ideas as to what it could be? Could be dust on the sensor, do you think?

 

Mike

Mike,

 

I am no expert on this, but yes, it could possibly be dust on the sensor. Perhaps others with more experience at this could advise you. I hope you can solve this easily.

 

Paul

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Mike,

 

I am no expert on this, but yes, it could possibly be dust on the sensor. Perhaps others with more experience at this could advise you. I hope you can solve this easily.

 

Paul

 

I hadn't noticed this until it was pointed out but I have done some experimentation using different lenses and have established that it must be the sensor. I have never seen such large artefacts from dust before but I can think of no other explanation. I've had the camera only a month when it was only two months old with 1,000 shots under the hood, so I hadn't expected dust problems. I think it will have to wait until I get back to London and I'll get it cleaned professionally at Leica Mayfair. Great pity because it's my only camera here and I was planning to do a lot more street stuff. Now, of course, all I can see are those blobs in the sky of every shot.

 

I inspected the sensor and can see absolutely no dust although I know it is often hard to detect from a visual inspection. I suppose it could be some other more serious problem but it will have to wait until I can get an expert on the job.

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Beautiful pic. The small artifacts are very common on M9/MM. It's oil spit by the shutter on the sensor. Contrast stretching enhances the undesired presence a lot. In many cases there could be residuals of oil even on the inner (not shutter facing) face of the IR notch filter: in that case a CLA at Solms is mandatory.

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Beautiful pic. The small artifacts are very common on M9/MM. It's oil spit by the shutter on the sensor. Contrast stretching enhances the undesired presence a lot. In many cases there could be residuals of oil even on the inner (not shutter facing) face of the IR notch filter: in that case a CLA at Solms is mandatory.

 

Thank you for the positive comment but also for the advice. I hadn't considered this possibility and was thinking it was just dust. When I return to London in mid-September I will take it to Leica Mayfair and get it checked out. I hope it is not a return to Solms job because my M240 is currently there having a lock-up problem rectified. It could be a case of one back, another out.

 

Mike

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