Mark, FWIW, I've had my D for about 2 and a half years and have yet to have to clean the sensor. I'm just very careful when changing lenses & always put caps on as soon as possible.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 7:32 PM Subject: K10D Dust Removal > 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
