fotografr Posted February 9, 2014 Share #21 Posted February 9, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Get out your credit card. You can try sensor gel stick from the auction site for $9.28. That is how Leica cleans sensors. Sensor Gel Stick: Safely Clean Your Sensor Like They Do at the Service Center Apparently this is a popular product and will not be available from the supplier until mid-March. I have some on order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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250swb Posted February 9, 2014 Share #22 Posted February 9, 2014 "it looks as if someone has splashed the sensor by driving through a muddy puddle" Just the components of the shutter bedding in and the odd bit of oily grease thrown off. I was wet cleaning my M9 every two or three weeks for six months. But with six or seven thousand exposures under its belt the grease stopped and the dust became intermittent to the point I started to think of it as just the dust you'd get in the atmosphere anyway. My MM is similar, it isn't throwing grease off anymore, although if I accidentally let my Arctic Butterfly brush stray off the sensor area it can drag some grease back on. But the brush is all I need at the moment. In terms of cleaning ironically the best thing to happen for my M9 was when I needed to send it to Solms for a sensor replacement due to 'cracked sensor syndrome'. They had obviously given the area around the shutter a really good clean because other than the odd spot the camera became almost dust free. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 9, 2014 Share #23 Posted February 9, 2014 I merged the threads. For clarity’s sake we try to avoid multiple threads on the same subject running at the same time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted February 10, 2014 Share #24 Posted February 10, 2014 With care canned air is reasonably safe. Clear propellent and low flow and hold upright. I have done it only one time to clean a sensor on a used D3. I did all the usual stuff and could not achieve success. I have seen the sticky stick clean finger prints on a video. All that said, I would urge you to buy the proper tried and true equipment, rocket blower, Eclipse and swabs and follow the directions on the Copperhill site. All the home grew methods have some major disadvantages like the cotton bids linting and they are not soft and you risk scratching. You already found out what is wrong with canned air. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcg Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share #25 Posted March 19, 2014 I went to Leica at Mayfair and Jimmy - their service manager cleaned the sensor for me. He gave me a fright at first because he thought that I might have scratched the sensor. However, on closer inspection, it turned out to be smearing left over from my own cleaning efforts. Anyway I was able to watch him at work through the glass sides of his workspace. The two blobs which I hadn't been able to clear took him a lot of work to deal with - which made me feel rather better about my own competence. Eventually he got them off. The sensor now looks completely clean other than the tiniest of hints of a speck towards one edge - which we agreed was very acceptable. I noticed that the equipment which Jimmy used was a Visible Dust Quasar Loupe and the VB cleaners. Leica reckon to get sensors 99% clean - and mine is a lot better than that, so I'm happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcraf Posted March 19, 2014 Share #26 Posted March 19, 2014 I went to Leica at Mayfair and Jimmy - their service manager cleaned the sensor for me. He gave me a fright at first because he thought that I might have scratched the sensor. However, on closer inspection, it turned out to be smearing left over from my own cleaning efforts. Anyway I was able to watch him at work through the glass sides of his workspace. The two blobs which I hadn't been able to clear took him a lot of work to deal with - which made me feel rather better about my own competence. Eventually he got them off. The sensor now looks completely clean other than the tiniest of hints of a speck towards one edge - which we agreed was very acceptable. I noticed that the equipment which Jimmy used was a Visible Dust Quasar Loupe and the VB cleaners. Leica reckon to get sensors 99% clean - and mine is a lot better than that, so I'm happy. I agree; it is good service which Mayfair provide. Had my MM and M cleaned just before Christmas. The MM is spotty again and will need to go back; good job it's now free! In the meantime it's an easy Lightroom fix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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