Yes, would that the DS had a similar dust removal method to the Olympus system.
It's really the only thing I find "missing" from the DS. Oh, yes - and an anti shake system, but that's probably more a result of age (mine, not the camera's......) Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Same rig and sequence I use. I've not yet found it necessary to use > a > wet swab cleaning method with any of my DSLRs since 2003. > > With the K10D, if I'm going to be doing some work that has a lot of > > open sky or smooth toned area and requires a stopped down lens, I > run > the sensor dust shaking function four or five times. Haven't found > a > spot yet if I do that. > > (The Olympus and Panasonic/Leica ultrasonic wave sensor cleaning is > > the greatest thing going for this stuff. Every time you power on > the > camera, the sensor is automatically cleaned perfectly. In 7000 > exposures, changing lenses frequently, using any aperture I want, I > > have yet to find a dust spot. Every manufacturer should license > this > from Olympus and incorporate it into their interchangeable lens > digital camera, IMO.) > > Godfrey > > > > On Oct 22, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > On the *ist DS I've adopted a three -step approach: > > > > 1. Blower - much the same as you used > > > > 2. If that doesn't work well enough I use a Sensor brush which > is > > basically a nylon bristle artists' brush. See here: > > > > http://www.bythom.com/cleaning.htm > > > > 3. If there are still spots that are reluctant to be moved, I > use > > a wet 'sensor swab' using Eclipse liquid and Pec Pads. I cobbled > > > together a home made swab, similar to that described here. > > > > http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/howto.html > > > > In the 3 years that I've had the *ist DS I've only felt the need > to > > use the wet swab 3 times. I'm happy to clone out dust spots in > > > Photoshop until I feel they're getting excessive. > > > > > > Quoting MikeM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> After changing lenses a few times in the last week, always as > >> carefully possible, pointing the K100 down, there were a few > blobs > >> on the shot taken after one of the changes. I didn't have a > sensor > >> cleaning kit so I used the blower from a cheap blower brush and > it > >> did the trick. Did I get lucky? Does the coating I read about on > the > >> Pentax sensors make it easier to blow dust off? I assume it > won't > >> always be so easy to clean, so are there any suggestions a to > which > >> cleaning kit to get? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/3 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
