Dust and the X2D

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After two plus years I read this thread and checked my X2D.  A small and a tiny dust bunny.  So with careful lens handling the risk is substantially lower.  And you saved me grief from losing that Pulitzer winning photo because of dust bunnies.  ;o)

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Question for Gordon. What is your procedure for wet cleaning the X2D?  And do you clean it powered on to fix the sensor and keep it from moving when you wipe with a swab?  Very little written on this subject. Thanks in advance.

Paul

No. I tend to wet clens with the power off. I have heard arguments for both and have yet to have an issue with an IBIS camera switched off. I figure it'll be easier to cean if the sensor doesn't have a charge. I am VERY gentle with the swab applying as little pressure as possible except for the horizontal swipe.

I don't think my proceedure is unusual. Blower. Check. Artic Butterfly. Check. mini MF wet swab with just a small amount of fluid and two to four gentle swipes. Done. Takes maybe 5 minutes tops. If at home I wet the table and use a clean mous mat for the camera which helps with dust floating around during cleaning. 95% of the time I'm good after using the Butterfly.

I don't assume perfection. Just good enough as keeping all dust away is a fantasy.

Gordon

[David Mantripp]

Learn how to maintain your camera.

Gordon

Is it really so necessary to be so condescending? This "it works for me so it has to work for you too didn't use to be prevalent on this forum, but sadly as traffic has increased, civility has gone down.You know nothing about me, or my abilities.   As it happens I am quite up to speed with camera maintenance, thanks all the same.  But I would rather not need to be.  And, to reply in kind to you, I find your tales rather far fetched, to be honest...

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I have a mini Eyelead mini air blower in my camera bag and when I am changing lenses I frequently look for dust on the sensor and the rear element of the lens and most of the time that is sufficient to prevent dust issues. For lenses I am also carrying a small lens cloth. I using https://www.amazon.com/VSGO-Professional-Medium-Cleaning-Cleaner/dp/B089VSGJH4/ref=sr_1_3?crid=290OC05QQXHS8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gzN5pXrsr88LnVxA2MyyhlvZurwq3WRzWnjro0SlgLBfFMLjEkrt97JxWsj_-9wcMhA5TnrG1Pa7BvscWl-1slkNIqa7wYToVmVMhbCisu4.pisYfO0h5mnTaP-pnllcDWhCQaPRrTBkX6-6sZrQvRI&dib_tag=se&keywords=vsgo+medium+format&qid=1743989127&s=electronics&sprefix=vsgo+medium+format%2Celectronics%2C121&sr=1-3
for wet cleaning without issues but that is not useable when out. I see recommendations for arctic butterfly brushes but that is too bulky for my bag or otherwise traveling. Has anyone a recommendation for easier to carry sensor brushes (no batteries required)?

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Learn how to maintain your camera.

Gordon

Is it really so necessary to be so condescending? This "it works for me so it has to work for you too didn't use to be prevalent on this forum, but sadly as traffic has increased, civility has gone down.You know nothing about me, or my abilities.   As it happens I am quite up to speed with camera maintenance, thanks all the same.  But I would rather not need to be.  And, to reply in kind to you, I find your tales rather far fetched, to be honest...

No trying to be condescending. At the same time I would rather be direct than full of fluff. It's not a matter of my way or the high way. Simply if you shoot and change lenses you'll also need to have or develop a maintenance system. Bigger sensors collect more dust. Simple. Even the GFX system, which I have 3 cameras in need cleaning as often as the X2D. Would I like it to be better. Sure. It isn't. It's part of the price of entry into larger sensor photography.

Too often on forums people with good intent just don't tell it how it is. That's not my way. Medium format sensors are more dust prone than smaller sensors. The only real world solution is to have a maintenance system in place. Supportive posts complaining about the lack of a sensor cover do bugger all. The issue is dust. The solution is a blower and some swabs.

As for my far fetched tales, believe what you want to believe. Although in light of the photo on the previous page I'm a bit surprised. Those conditions aren't extreme enough for you? OK then. Doesn't realer matter anyway. I'm lucky that I can do what I wish with a camera and I hope you can too. Whether that's extreme or not.

Good light and a clean sensor to you.

Gordon

[NickT]

Learn how to maintain your camera.

Gordon

Is it really so necessary to be so condescending? This "it works for me so it has to work for you too didn't use to be prevalent on this forum, but sadly as traffic has increased, civility has gone down.You know nothing about me, or my abilities.   As it happens I am quite up to speed with camera maintenance, thanks all the same.  But I would rather not need to be.  And, to reply in kind to you, I find your tales rather far fetched, to be honest...

I don't think the "maintenance" comment was directed at anyone in particular...

As for keeping it civil; suggesting that someones "tales" are "far-fetched", doesn't qualify as civil in my opinion.