I agree. I've seen that it can usually shake lose the occasional bit. But I prefer to take car when changing lenses and avoid dirtying the sensor. If something does become stuck, my bulb blower has always been able to dislodge it. Paul On Mar 23, 2007, at 2:05 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> The little need I've had for it, it's worked fine. It's not > particularly important to me, though: in several years of use, I've > only had to clean the sensors in my cameras a couple of times. > > G > > > On Mar 22, 2007, at 8:04 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: > >> Hi Pentaxians >> That does not sound very good, any better experiences with the >> integrated >> dust removal? >> Greetings >> Markus >> >> >> >> http://pixinfo.com/en/articles/ccd-dust-removal/ >> >> >> Pentax K10D >> Part of the reason we started to organize this test was that we had >> a bad >> experience with the dust removal system of Pentax K10D that we had >> for our >> review.?Although the amplitude of the CCD movement is quite high >> (one can >> feel the shake on his hand), the frequency is rather low. >> >> After the second cleaning cycle surprisingly we have found more >> spots on the >> image than we had before it. This could be caused by the dust stuck >> in the >> mirror area. One thing is sure though: this system is not working as >> promised. Even after the 25th cleaning cycle we had all the spots >> on place. >> I tried really hard to find one disappearing spot, but I failed. So >> did the >> Pentax dust removal system. Effectiveness: 0%. >> >> After using the air blower the remaining spots decreased to a >> dozen. This >> shows, that the sensor's surface is not statically charged. Knowing >> this >> increases our disappointment even more. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
