On Feb 8, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Feb 8, 2011, at 13:07, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> I remember having to clean my Canon's sensor often, the Pentax *ist DS >> sensor once in a while, and a little less often the K10D's sensor. I >> used the original sensor brush from VisibleDust >> (http://www.visibledust.ca/) long before they offered many other >> products to do the job. Still have it ... it sits unused in a drawer. >> >> Since I went to FourThirds format cameras, I haven't had to clean >> anything in 50,000+ exposures. The SSWF sensor cleaning system is very >> nearly 100% effective at keeping any schmutz off the sensor and out of >> the photos. It's one of the delightful simplifications that I love. >> > > I've found similar joy with the K-7. No problems (yet) in a half-year of use. > > Before then, I used the Pec-Pad/Eclipse fluid approach. Worked pretty well > once you get over the fear. > >
Ditto. Neither my K-7 nor my K-5 have required frequent cleaning. I think I used the rubber bulb blower once on the K-7 in about 25,000 exposures, and I have yet to use it on the K-5, which is at 13,000 exposures. I had the "clean sensor at startup" function turned off in the k-7, but turned it on occasionally. I have it set to vibrate at startup in the K-5. Figure it must be a good thing if Pentax continued with it in the new camera. Paul > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
