{"id":12743,"date":"2014-12-22T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T19:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=12743"},"modified":"2014-12-22T19:15:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T19:15:01","slug":"i-cant-believe-im-doing-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=12743","title":{"rendered":"I can’t believe I’m doing this!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I was an NPS rep for Nikon we were forbidden from telling people how to wet clean their sensor.\u00a0 Liability.\u00a0 If as a representative of any company you advise someone to try something with a risk of failure and they fail, they can say you said it was o.k.!\u00a0 Now I know that keeping the sensor clean is a must and you can’t send it in every time you need it cleaned, so I got some very qualified people, who will go un-named to teach me the proper and safest way to clean a sensor with swabs.\u00a0 Is there a risk of damaging the sensor? Yes.\u00a0 Is it likely? \u00a0 Only if you do it improperly.<\/p>\n

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So that brings us to a sticky problem I’ve had with the Fuji X-T1.\u00a0 I love the cameras, it’s been just what I wanted and needed\u00a0 Is it perfect?\u00a0 No, but for me, it’s close. One little thing that has driven me mad is the four way pad on the back of the camera.\u00a0 You use it for a lot of functions, most importantly moving the focusing spots around the frame.\u00a0 Fuji tried to recess the pads so they would be more uh……, I honestly don’t know why!!!???\u00a0 The result is fumbling to use them, especially with the camera held up to the eye, has been, for me, nearly impossible.\u00a0 I once thought\u00a0 that Fuji was going to offer a replacement set of pads, but that has not happened.<\/p>\n

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I read several months back on Fuji rumors about a materiel called Sugru.\u00a0 It is a space age rubber compound that can be molded like Play-Doh in to many different shapes.\u00a0 I was petrified at sticking a rubber compound on my four way pads, but I finally decided I had to try and fix the problem so day before yesterday I added a little nubbin of Sugru to one of my X-T1 bodies four way pads.\u00a0 Illustrated below.<\/p>\n

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Their not pretty, but man does it work so much better.\u00a0 I mean a world of difference in operation.\u00a0 Now first I’m going to tell you how to do this if you are brave enough!\u00a0 It really isn’t hard but I will suggest some serious precautions.\u00a0 First you simply open the foil package so you can get access to the material.\u00a0 I used a small instrument kind of like a tooth pick to rake off a very small amount.\u00a0 You then take it between your thumb and forefinger and roll it into a small oblong shape kind of like a very small pill.\u00a0 Compare the size of the material to the size of the thumb pad.\u00a0 It needs to be big enough to cover most of the surface but not lap over the edges preventing the pad from going in when pressed.\u00a0 You shape it to fit as you would like by gently using your finger tip to mold and shape it.\u00a0 It does not set up fast so you have plenty of time to get it just right.\u00a0 I used a tooth pick to go all around the edges to be sure it was not near the gap of the pad and the body.\u00a0 After you have place the material and shaped it to all four pads, place the camera in a safe place to let in cure overnight.<\/p>\n

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Once it hardens it is very solid and make the tactile part of operating the thumb pads much easier.There is an old carpenters saying, ‘measure twice and cut once.\u00a0 Start with a very small amount of material, if it’s not enough it’s a lot easier to add a little than to peel it all off and start again.<\/p>\n

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Here is a link for where to buy it.<\/p>\n

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The three pack of black is what I bought and it’s enough material to do a couple of dozen cameras!\u00a0\u00a0 It comers in other colors (red – yellow – blue – black and white) if that’s your style!\u00a0 So there you have it, one solution.\u00a0 If you want to make some easy money develop a self sticking rubber nubbin that you can simply peel and stick on,\u00a0 you’d sell a bunch!<\/p>\n

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Merry Christmas,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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