All I've ever done for my D was a puff of ear from that medical blower bulb you told me about. I haven't even thought about cleaning the K10 and haven't read that part of the manual:-). Paul On Dec 18, 2006, at 7:32 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
> For the folks who have K10D's - how have you set the dust removal > setting? I originally set it to turn on with every power up, but that > seemed excessive and I wondered if the knocking of the sensor was > ultimately good for the AS mechanism. So, now i just use it as needed > (which is not yet so far.) > > Do you see any reason NOT to use it on every power up? Do you think > using it regularly would be beneficial in terms of preventing dust > specks from building up? > > FWIW - I'm going on close to a year now since I last gave the *ist-D a > 'wet' cleaning with the alcohol and swabs. During the first year of > operation it seemed that the thing got spots on the sensor just sitting > in the bag. But this summer, despite extensive use in a very dusty > locale, it's hasn't needed anything but the occasional puff of air from > a hand held blower. > > - MCC > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, Michigan > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
