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Sensor cleaning
Thanks for your advice, the Arctic Butterfly seems to be a popular choice. Is it worth getting the version with the lights, or is that a gimmick? I like the idea of being able to physically remove dust particles, rather than blowing them around - possibly to stay inside the camera!
Posted by Antony on 18/11/2018 - 15:32
Sensor cleaning
It's worth being able to see the sensor clearly, the light is not a gimmick imo
Posted by Chrism8 on 18/11/2018 - 16:15
Sensor cleaning
Mine is so old there wasn't a light option at the time. I bought their loupe with a light a couple of years later. I find that useful, but it is an expensive extra if you can get a Butterfly with a light.
Posted by Gwyn on 18/11/2018 - 18:03
Sensor cleaning
Any recommendations for a good sensor cleaning kit? I've another splodge on my K-70 sensor, I don't want to be paying to have it cleaned 2 or 3 times a year! From what I've read it's a matter of being careful and sensible. There are many kits on the market - who uses one and which? So Far the best c...
Posted by KevinCam2027 on 12/09/2024 - 13:39
New 16-85mm
I had the same issue with the 100mm macro, as pschlute says try flicking the lever. If it’s ‘damped’ then it will need professionally cleaning inside as something has leaked onto the movement. It overexposes because the camera opens the aperture to maximum to take a reading and then snaps down to th...
Posted by RobL on 19/11/2018 - 16:31
Blotches. Any thoughts?
If you mean the circular smudges immediately behind the bird they look like sensor dust to me. Go outside and find a blue patch of sky or white cloud. Stop down to f16 or 22 and take some pictures. If the marks appear in the same pattern on each shot your sensor needs a clean. try a rocket blower fi...
Posted by pschlute on 08/02/2019 - 09:43
Blotches. Any thoughts?
Thanks for your thoughts folks, and apologies for the lack of info/detail in the first post. I put it up here in a bit of a hurry, and I've only just got to a PC. (I can't do typing on a 'phone) I initially hadn't made a distinction between the marks in the background, and the marks on the birds ...
Posted by barkin on 08/02/2019 - 13:56
Water on the camera...camera not working now!
I was shooting yesterday in Cinque Terre, Italy... I was standing seaside taking photos of the beautiful coast for 20 minutes... not a drop of water even touched my feet... out of nowhere a huge wave crashed on the dock and got water all over me and my K-3 with 16-85 Pentax DA, WR lens... I was soak...
Posted by fleck03 on 09/05/2019 - 22:56
Sensor Clean on K3ii
has anyone had a problm after a wet clean?
Posted by redbusa99 on 09/09/2019 - 20:09
Sensor Clean on K3ii
I've pondering whether to try one. Have you had a problem?
Posted by JAK on 09/09/2019 - 21:52
Sensor Clean on K3ii
I recently had my first wet clean on my K-S2 performed by Jessops. They gave it a couple of goes as I wasn't totally happy after the first one. Nice to have a clean sensor back and no problems to report. I'm not brave enough to do my own clean.
Posted by Nigelk on 09/09/2019 - 22:22
Sensor Clean on K3ii
no, but it seems the manual says to use the Pentax "sticky sweet on a stick thing" and not wet clean. just wodered why not a wet clean or if anyone did have a problem after one. it was/is a different sensor to K5 series after all but dfferent enough to need a specialised cleaning method?
Posted by redbusa99 on 10/09/2019 - 13:35
Sensor Clean on K3ii
I cleaned my K-3 a few years ago. A wet clean worked perfectly. The only issue is that the dust spots returned very soon after so I just live with them now. The kit I used came from Amaz0n - APS-C swabs and Eclipse cleaning fluid which I think is just pure methanol.
Posted by HarisF1 on 10/09/2019 - 13:45
Sensor Clean on K3ii
I have blasted the sensors on both my K5 and K3ii with a rocket blower (very carefully!). It did the job without any problems.
Posted by davidwozhere on 11/09/2019 - 01:44
Anybody enjoy cleaning fungus off lenses?
I've just picked up the M-series 50mm 1.4 off ebay for a song. I knew it had some fungus but at the price was happy enough to experience the lens and see what the fungus based images would look like. Turns out though its more than the "light" traces of fungus in the advert. Before I retur...
Posted by danofmk on 22/04/2020 - 12:03
Anybody enjoy cleaning fungus off lenses?
Get rid of it, you don't want it to contaminate your other lenses. If it's cleaned fungus can quite likely return.
Posted by JAK on 22/04/2020 - 12:29
Anybody enjoy cleaning fungus off lenses?
Fungus is fairly easy to sort out and only develops in poor conditions. Any decent clean will prevent fungus from reappearing. What I'd be more interested in for this lens would be the possibility of balsam separation. That's way worse than fungus and does affect the older lenses.
Posted by HarisF1 on 22/04/2020 - 15:28
Anybody enjoy cleaning fungus off lenses?
Once it's in a lens though any spores remaining will regenerate the problem. or so I was assured by a professional lens repair company.
Posted by JAK on 22/04/2020 - 16:40
Anybody enjoy cleaning fungus off lenses?
From my experience it's a bit more complicated - it seems as though pretty much all lenses will have some kind of dormant spores inside, even WR lenses. The trigger factor is the environment the lenses are stored in. I've had many lenses that have been cleaned of fungus and only one of them ever ...
Posted by HarisF1 on 22/04/2020 - 16:50
Anybody enjoy cleaning fungus off lenses?
Let I'd be relaxed about the threat of them coming back one day given the price of the lens, and my hypothetical clean up!
Posted by danofmk on 22/04/2020 - 18:26
