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It occurs to me that we may wish to clean both the sensor and the shutter. If so, we'll need instructions for cleaning the shutter without impairing the white blade that reflects to the light meter.

 

Leica should get involved here and give us some guidelines, yes?

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All I ever use to clean my Canons is a air blower - the manual bulb type. Dust is nothing to get excited about in my experience, it happens and it can be dealt with easily.

 

What a great suggestion. We all know how to remove dust in our postprocessing. I'm already losing sleep thinking about ruining the sensor on my soon-to-be new M8.

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For smudges, should they occur:

Digital Camera Sensor Cleaning with VisibleDust Products

 

For light dust particles:

Digital Camera Sensor Cleaning with VisibleDust Products

 

I've used the sensor brushes since they first came out and it they do a remarkable job. Plus, they're very safe. The problem with a hand blower is that you will likely just move the dust to another location in the chamber. The brushes actually remove the dust.

 

There are things you can do to minimize the problem in the first place. For one thing, never change lenses without turning the camera off. When it is on, the sensor has a positive charge and will attract dust. Also, keep the back element area of your lenses as dust free as possible.

 

Most of the time, dust won't cause noticeable spots on your images. They'll be there--you just won't see them. The biggest problem from dust occurs in images with a lot of blue sky, which shows the spots quite clearly. All you can do at that point is start using the clone or healing brush tools.

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