[Leica] M8 cleaning mystery ("But English *is* their nativelanguage")

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Actually that's an interesting point. One of my Leica lenses (Elmarit M 
90)is tight to turn the focus ring when there is a rear lens
cap firmly fitted. I discovered that it sends out a significant burst of air 
(imported from Solms??) rearwards when you turn the
focus to minimum quickly!
Really, I'm not making this up. It's probably contributing to global warming 
as well ;-)

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Rabiner
Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2007 14:40
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 cleaning mystery ("But English *is* their 
nativelanguage")

> Well, this feels a bit like witchcraft, but I did 20 consecutive cycles of
> * blow dust with 10 squeezes of the Rocket
> * Spin the brush and brush the sensor once on each side
> * Lather, rinse, repeat. Well, not really lather and rinse.
> And it worked. I took 20 test shots of a clear blue sky and there were no
> dust spots on any of them.  My M8 sensor is clean again. Tra la.
> 
> I have no idea how the dirt got in there, but obviously it did. Maybe the 
> SD
> card slot has an air path to the sensor, or something evil like that.
> 
> 
> 
You didn't change lenses?


Maybe your tri Elmar is like a revolving door for dusty air?

Mark William Rabiner
Harlem, NY

rabinergroup.com



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