Help, marks on pic's?

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by Geoff F

I use a Delkin Digital Duster cleaning kit which has a small vacuum cleaning brush; and if that doesn't work the kit also has swabs and fluid.

I find the advantage of the low suction brush is that you can clean around the inside of your camera and remove future problems before they occur. There is a risk that air blowers just move the dust around.

Previously I have used the suction pipe from a domestic vacuum cleaner but this has to be used with extreme care and just hovered over the camera so the suction is very low inside the camera.

The dust shakers which are part of some modern cameras do appear to considerably reduce the amount of cleaning but sooner or later a full clean still needs attention. Especially if you keep changing lenses in dusty conditions, or with pollen in the air.

I have used this DELKIN DEVICES SENSOR SCOPE a few times and its worked perfectly every time. First time I was nervous but its really nothing to worry about

[Jim Ford]

This is an extract from a posting on the Olympus SLR forum on the dpreview site by 'TrapperJohn', entitled 'The Drawbacks of 4/3rds':

"First, while this isn't a feature of 4/3, it's most prevalent on 4/3 cameras. Dust, or the lack of. I feel I've been deprived of the dslr experience by not having dust on the sensor, being able to complain about it, buy several dust removal kits, or even the holy grail of sensor dust: lunching the sensor while cleaning it."

Jim

[Boddie]

mmm

Not sure that lack of dust on my sensor would be enough to tempt me to buy an Olympus camera.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by Boddie

mmm

Not sure that lack of dust on my sensor would be enough to tempt me to buy an Olympus camera.

O.K. - what about the superb quality of the lenses?
;^)

Jim

[Boddie]

nope.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by Boddie

nope.

Ermm, the high quality, feature rich bodies?

Jim

[Boddie]

nope, half the fun for me is lending and borrowing lenses and the like.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by Boddie

nope, half the fun for me is lending and borrowing lenses and the like.

Nice idea! But what if you borrow a lens you really, _really_ like - do you go out and buy your own copy? Or do you reluctantly return it and fret?

Jim

[Boddie]

I would buy it for sure. I am very very wealthy