On 4/11/06, Stephen D'Andrea, discombobulated, unleashed: >What I really need to know first though, is . . . how do you get to >the sensor? I'd feel better if I could at least see where the dust >might be. > >When I remove the lens and carefully lift up the mirror what I see is >the blades of the shutter, not the sensor.
I use a pair of tweezers and carefully pull one of the shutter curtains back across the frame - it tends to 'park' okay with a little force. I find that the best tweezers to use are not those lame flat-edged ones for pulling eyelids about, rather the really sharp, needle-nose type. I paid $175 for mine - they are tungsten-carbide tipped and will gouge cleanly through 3mm of stainless steel. Of course, one must be careful not to scratch the sensor, which I clean with a swab soaked in 97% proof Jamaican rum. But only after I've had a few good slugs first. HTH -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
