> Ann, > The sensor is right where the film would be. > Look in the operating manual for sensor cleaning. > Pentax has a special mode that is like putting the camera in > bulb mode. > It flips the mirror up and opens the shutter until you close it. > Then you can try a big blower to puff on the sensor and blow > the dust off. > Otherwise, visit the repairman or get a cleaning kit on ebay. > Regards, Bob S.
It's important to hold the camera so that the plane of the sensor is facing the ground, and blow upwards at it so that the dust falls out of the camera, not back into it. You may have to have 2 or 3 goes at it. Earlier this evening I cleaned the sensor of my Leica this way, then took a shot of clear blue sky to see if any evil spirits remained. I had to do this about 3 times until I was reasonably confident that the exorcism had been successful. The most popular blower thing is called Giotto Super Rocket-Air, and looks like a turkey baster, among other things. http://www.giottos.com/Rocket-air.htm When French customs inspected my bag a few months ago the lady who found it in there was deeply suspicious of it. I explained that it was for blowing into cameras*, and she went off to check with a male colleague. You know what these French are like - I think her mind was drifting in the personal enema direction... Bob *actually, I may have told her it was for making souffles in cameras. -- 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.
