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Re: [OM] E-M5 sensor cleaning?

Subject: Re: [OM] E-M5 sensor cleaning?
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 09:56:17 -0500
Nope. I know that's bad. Just waiting until I have the requisite $80 for a pack 
of swabs and a bottle of juice. 


Paul Braun WD9GCO
Certified Music Junkie

"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins

"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach

> On May 31, 2016, at 09:30, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Don't be tempted to use a Q Tip !
> 
> jh
> 
>> On 5/31/2016 8:37 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
>> Thanks, John. Good to know.
>> 
>> 
>> Paul Braun WD9GCO
>> Certified Music Junkie
>> 
>> "It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
>> 
>> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach
>> 
>>> On May 31, 2016, at 06:19, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have learned that having a camera company or pro photo shop clean one's 
>>> camera's sensor is perhaps the biggest con-job perpetrated by the digital 
>>> sensor industry! Anyone with an IQ greater than their shoe size can achieve 
>>> exactly the same perfect result at virtually no cost.
>>> 
>>> Buy a box of cleaning swabs ...... seen on the second row of products here 
>>> for example:
>>> 
>>> www.VisibleDust.com
>>> 
>>> and a small bottle of cleaning fluid, also seen on the same page.
>>> 
>>> Apply a drop of the fluid to the swab and draw it slowly across the sensor 
>>> but only once. Turn the swab over and draw back over the sensor in the 
>>> opposite direction. After the two draws dispose of the swab. NEVER use it 
>>> for a third pass; specks of dirt on the swab could contaminate the 
>>> sensor.If necessary use another swab.
>>> 
>>> I paid GBP50 in Gibraltar in March 2015 for a "pro" cleaning of my X-T1. 
>>> Back home my preferred photo shop sold me the pack of swabs and cleaning 
>>> fluid and I have done my own cleaning ever since with no adverse 
>>> consequences.
>>> 
>>> jh
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 5/30/2016 11:51 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
>>>> I just noticed a small round, circular smudge in the upper right-hand
>>>> corner of every shot the past week or so. I finally looked directly at
>>>> the sensor, and there appears to be a tiny speck of something that I'm
>>>> sure is causing the smudge. Is there a safe way to gently remove it? Or
>>>> is this one of those things where I have to ship my camera in to Olympus
>>>> to have it done?
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