Dust on sensor?

[Rosebud55]

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I was getting so many dust spots on my CL I took it to Leica for a free clean. Then next day more dust spots! So I now use a blower every time I change the lens and it’s made a huge difference. If I do get one I just sort it out in LR now and don’t worry too much. 

it was a lot harder to remove dust spots from negatives before printing!

 

I wouldn’t worry too much just use the spot removal tool in LR.

 

rosie

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Good idea!

[geoffreyg]

Quit common issue with digital sensors. The trick is getting a camera where it is easy to clean. They are inevitable.

On larger sensors use a blower first, then cleaning fluid on a wipe, folded on a plastic sheet for holding it in place. For smaller sensors, blower first usually does the trick. If not, then wipe with a bit of fluid on it, using pre-sized wipes. 

[Astropap]

Any thoughts on that one spot just showing when I use one of the Silver Efex presets?

[PDP]

I have discussed the issue with Leica and learned on informal basis that the CL has a severe issue, the sensor seems to be quite static and „collecting“ dust when changing lenses. During first days of a workshop this made me mad and I have used a complete pack of swabs.

A solution is to switch of the camera and wait for a while before changing the lens (or having just one lens per day).

The SL2 does not have this issue…

[tommonego@gmail.com]

The sensor does require more cleaning than my M8 or previous Nikons. It hasn't been a debilitating issue. I never leave the camera with out a lens and try to change lenses as quickly as possible. What I do notice with the CL is the two TL lenses I have, 23 and 11-23 front elements tend to be very dusty, was wondering about static and the camera too, non TL lenses don't have this problem, using M lenses and L mount 7 Artisans all manual. The last sensor issue was with a 400 Telyt I hadn'tused ina while and probably had some residual dust in it.