M9 prone to dust?

[petard]

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Hi everyone,

recently completed my first travel with the M9 and noticed 5-6 dust spots on the images after importing them. Nothing that can't be removed up but my M262 never showed any dust so was wondering if the M9 is less sealed compared to other Ms. I had wet cleaned the sensor before I left and with no spots on images.

[jdlaing]

8 minutes ago, petard said:

Hi everyone,

recently completed my first travel with the M9 and noticed 5-6 dust spots on the images after importing them. Nothing that can't be removed up but my M262 never showed any dust so was wondering if the M9 is less sealed compared to other Ms. I had wet cleaned the sensor before I left and with no spots on images.

Did you change lenses at all during the trip?

[erl]

Most likely suspect is, as jdlaing said, easy dust ingress during lens changes. I have been shooting my M9 extensively since 2010 and it is no more prone to dust than my M8 or M10, used under similar circumstances, which is 'everywhere'.

[Topsy]

I've got 3 M9s & an M9-P all have some dust spots even though I don't change lenses. I find them difficult to clean often I make them worse before I get them better and I have never got them perfectly clean. I just live with them now until they get too many to deal with in post, I hate sensor cleaning.

[petard]

Thanks everyone, I didn’t change the lens or take it off at any time. I guess it’s time for another clean.

[Jean-Michel]

Hi, I no longer have an M9, (now M-P(240) and SL2), but it does not matter. Dust spots are inevitable and mostly very easy to deal with. here are a few threads on this in other forums on this site.

I have dealt with dust spots with a number of cameras. Basically all you need to do, quite easily, and in order:

Simple good quality dust blower, that takes care of most dust spots

Arctic Butterly  brush (not cheap, but effective)

Swabs

Liquid and swabs.

I use the products from VisibleDust, but other products may be just as effective.

For info on the VisibleDust items see: https://www.visibledust.com

I hope that this helps

[petard]

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Most dust spots went away using the blower, i have some wet swabs as well but will wait a bit as I just had wet cleaned before travelling.

I was just surprised to see the dust coming up that quickly as on my M262 i never had to clean it even with a blower in 2 years of use.

Edited February 16 by petard

[overexposed]

i would guess the shutter also releases some minor dust after some exposures, its normal wear

 

wild guess that is

[irenedp]

My M9 gets dust spots regularly. I bought a loupe to clean it myself because I had to take it often for dust cleansing. This happens much more often than with any other camera I own (M10r, Q2, S2, S3, Nikon D850, Phase One IQ4… a broad array). i recently bought a Monochrom for personal use, still have to see how this performs as it is essentially an M9). 

[petard]

19 hours ago, irenedp said:

This happens much more often than with any other camera I own (M10r, Q2, S2, S3, Nikon D850, Phase One IQ4… a broad array)

My comparison is limited to the M262 and a Sony A7 I had before that but mirrors my experience as well.