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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 06:37:50 -0500
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Thanks, John. Good to know. 


Paul Braun WD9GCO
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> 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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