gravastar Posted September 29, 2006 Share #1 Posted September 29, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) I notice that the cover "glass" on the sensor is significantly larger than the active area of the chip. Access looks good and any dirt which gets pushed into the corners during cleaning should not be visible in the image. This review has a picture of the sensor: Leica M8 First Impressions Review - Leica Digital Cameras Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 29, 2006 Posted September 29, 2006 Hi gravastar, Take a look here M8 sensor looks as if it's easy to clean.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
grober Posted September 30, 2006 Share #2 Posted September 30, 2006 BTW: how does Leica suggest the sensor shold be cleaned? Also: wasn't one of Leica's necessary innovations the removal of the sensor's protective glass so it would be useful to the max in the M8? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted September 30, 2006 Share #3 Posted September 30, 2006 Nothing will be as good as the DMR but the M8 the sensor is closer to the lens flange so you won't be digging deep down like a Nikon or Canon so it will be a lot easier to deal with. On the DMR I use sensor swaps and Eclipse cleaner, I have used that also on all my Canons. This should be no different I would assume Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted September 30, 2006 Share #4 Posted September 30, 2006 Grober: No, Leica did not remove the protective glass - instead, they "removed" everything else. No AA filter, and the infrared filtering is incorporated INTO the protective glass. Then they multicoated both sides to reduce reflections. The funny thing is, I just have not noticed much dust problem with the interchangeable-lens digitals I've actually used. The R-D1 had two specks during the 8 months I worked with it, and the beta M8 I've had a chance to play with intermittently over the past week (going back today for another 'fix'!) is not showing any, even though it's been passed from hand to hand all over the US with thousands of exposures and lens changes made. The R-D1 was easy to clean even without a dedicated "cleaning" mode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted September 30, 2006 Share #5 Posted September 30, 2006 Grober: the beta M8 I've had a chance to play with intermittently over the past week (going back today for another 'fix'!) is not showing any, even though it's been passed from hand to hand all over the US with thousands of exposures and lens changes made.. Something has certainly been happening here - having had a succession on Nikon dSLR's, they seem to have almost removed the problem - the D1x was appalling, but the D200 doesn't seem to gather dust at all. Hopefully you're right and the M8 will be the same. kind regards jono slack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share #6 Posted September 30, 2006 I notice that the cover "glass" on the sensor is significantly larger than the active area of the chip. Access looks good and any dirt which gets pushed into the corners during cleaning should not be visible in the image. This review has a picture of the sensor: Leica M8 First Impressions Review - Leica Digital Cameras Bob. The site has since removed all photographs of the camera Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted October 1, 2006 Share #7 Posted October 1, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) The site has since removed all photographs of the camera Bob. There's also a picture of it in my review. My R-D1 doesn't seem to gather much dust on the sensor but the Canon FF cameras *do* seem to draw it. Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted October 1, 2006 Share #8 Posted October 1, 2006 Grober: No, Leica did not remove the protective glass - instead, they "removed" everything else. No AA filter, and the infrared filtering is incorporated INTO the protective glass. Then they multicoated both sides to reduce reflections.QUOTE] Thanks for the clarification! -g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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