In the latest issue of Chasseur d'Images, they test the effectiveness of the Antidust from different vendors. Basically their conclusion is: it doesn't work too well except for Olympus. All the others work to some extend but a lot less effective then Olympus.
Of course one can wonder how to really test this kind of stuff. 2007/2/24, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 2/24/07 2:58 AM, "Brendan MacRae", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Has anyone used the dedicated Pentax sensor cleaning > > kit? > > > > Is it worth the $35 and shipping. > > I have had no chance of using this, but I was looking for it here. > There have been a few reports of actual use in Japan and they are all > reporting it works well. But they equally reporting that the price is a bit > steep :-). > > It is apparently made of silicon rubber (or something, but don't take my > word) which is just sticky enough to lift dust/specks which cannot be shaken > off by usual DR motion. The tip is square, covering the area of 1/4 or 1/6 > of sensor (actually low pass filter) size. So if you go over the surface > systematically 4 times (or 6 times, I do not remember which), you can cover > the whole area. > > Since Pentax Service Centres (at least in Japan) are using this when users > bring their camera in, I suppose it is another proof that it works. In > fact, I understand that Pentax created this for their own use first. > > As I said, price is rather ....... > But I suppose it is a matter of cost vs benefit. > As for me, so far, conventional puffing method has been sufficient but you > never know when you need "sticky lift" to get rid of stubborn dust:-) When > you need it, you need it. > > Ken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
