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Dust leaves sharper shadows when imaged at small apertures, so add a lens to your camera and set it to its minimum aperture. | Dust leaves sharper shadows when imaged at small apertures, so add a lens to your camera and set it to its minimum aperture. | ||
Take a picture of the sky or of a white lcd screen. | Take a picture of the sky or of a white lcd screen. | ||
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== Level one - the huff and puff == | == Level one - the huff and puff == | ||
Materials Required: | <dl> | ||
Rocket blower | <dt>Materials Required: | ||
<dd>Rocket blower | |||
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== Level two - dry cleaning == | == Level two - dry cleaning == | ||
<dl> | |||
Materials required: | <dt>Materials required: | ||
Sensor brush | <dd>Sensor brush | ||
</dl> | |||
== Level three - wet cleaning == | == Level three - wet cleaning == | ||
Materials required: | <dl> | ||
Visible Dust green 1.3x sensor swabs | <dt>Materials required: | ||
Eclipse E2 | <dd>Visible Dust Ultra MXD-100 (green) 1.3x sensor swabs | ||
<dd>Eclipse E2 | |||
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== Links to other sources == | == Links to other sources == | ||
== Links to vendor web sites == | == Links to vendor web sites == | ||
The vendors below are referenced in this article but are not endorsed in any particular way. | |||
[http://www.giottos.com/ Giotto's] | |||
[http://www.photosol.com/ Photographic Solutions] | |||
[http://www.visibledust.com/ Visible Dust]<br> | |||
--[[User:Rwfreund|Rwfreund]] 18:23, 26 August 2007 (CEST) | |||
Revision as of 16:23, 26 August 2007
Cleaning the sensor of the M8 is a basic process and required of all owners.
There are a number of web resources which will be listed at the end of this article, however we will go over the basis here. Although there are a number of different techniques that many would recommend, this page is intended to describe a basic process which seems to work. Remember that there is no specific method recommended by Leica and they endorse no specific set of tools or materials.
How do I know that my sensor is dirty?
Dust leaves sharper shadows when imaged at small apertures, so add a lens to your camera and set it to its minimum aperture. Take a picture of the sky or of a white lcd screen. <image of a dirty sensor>
Level one - the huff and puff
- Materials Required:
- Rocket blower
Level two - dry cleaning
- Materials required:
- Sensor brush
Level three - wet cleaning
- Materials required:
- Visible Dust Ultra MXD-100 (green) 1.3x sensor swabs
- Eclipse E2
Links to other sources
Links to vendor web sites
The vendors below are referenced in this article but are not endorsed in any particular way.
Giotto's
Photographic Solutions
Visible Dust
--Rwfreund 18:23, 26 August 2007 (CEST)
