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| virginiabrill PRO Tue 1st Jul 2008 22:42
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Okay guys...got a Nikon D70 with a 28-80mm f3.3-5.6 lens.
When I take a landscape shot at 28mm, I get spots that are obviously dust or something. Where it is most likely? Is it in my camera, or on the lens? Is it a sensor or something?? It doesn't shot up on other photos...only the landscape...
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| Pondy PRO Tue 1st Jul 2008 23:45
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It's on the sensor, the higher the f number the more you'll see it.
Here's what to do, put your lens at 28mm, put your f number high as it will go, and take a photograph of a white wall. or the sky.
See all the filth?? yuk.
Now get a normal camera blower go into the camera menu and look for the command that locks the mirror up for cleaning, lock the mirror up, take the lens off, and with the opening always facing down (so no more dirt falls in) blow away like mad at the sensor making sure you NEVER touch it with the blower...
The dirt will be on the opposite corners to the test photo as the picture arrives on the sensor upside down.. and you know where it is from the test shot, so blow! blow like a demon possessed!
Take another test shot, see how you did and repeat 'till clean. This method usually takes me about 4 goes to get it all.
Don't touch the sensor, do not touch it, don't touch it... no.. stop thinking like that, don't touch it.
If you're feeling rich buy something like this:
http://www.visibledust.com/products3.php?pid=3 I have one, works a treat.
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| virginiabrill PRO Tue 1st Jul 2008 23:46
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Besides that one (too expensive) where can I get one?? Will anything else work?
Maybe I should just take it in to get it cleaned.
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| Pondy PRO Tue 1st Jul 2008 23:47
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It's the big square thing you'll see behind the mirror!
The mirror is the mirror looking thing you see when you take a lens off.
(Virginia deleted the message where she said she didn't know where the sensor is, making me look like a sarcastic bully.. ) ((true-ish))
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| virginiabrill PRO Tue 1st Jul 2008 23:48
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Yeah I found the sensor...I hope the guy before me never touched it..what happens if he did??
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| Pondy PRO Tue 1st Jul 2008 23:49
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http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/
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| Pondy PRO Tue 1st Jul 2008 23:50
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Originally posted by virginiabrill:
what happens if he did??
You'd see the marks on the picture, sounds like your sensor is filthy, so he probably never went in there.
Don't worry about it, it -will- blow off.. Grimachers gets really mucky cos she uses it at school all the time, and it always cleans up.
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| Pondy PRO Tue 1st Jul 2008 23:56
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P.S Don't use a can of compressed air to clean it, the propellant will leave marks on the sensor..
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| virginiabrill PRO Wed 2nd Jul 2008 00:23
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Thanks muchly Pondy!
I bought one of those baby booger nose things...That you can squeeze to blow air or suck...And I blew air in there. It got most of the big ones out, and left only a few little black spots...I'll have to get it cleaned professionally to get the little ones out probably...I was squeezing like the dickins! Anyways, thanks a lot dude!
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| PhotoPro PRO Wed 2nd Jul 2008 06:30
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Originally posted by virginiabrill:
I bought one of those baby booger nose things...That you can squeeze to blow air or suck...And I blew air in there. It got most of the big ones out, and left only a few little black spots...I'll have to get it cleaned professionally to get the little ones out probably...I was squeezing like the dickins! Anyways, thanks a lot dude!
you don't need to do that - there is one easy step to get the rest of it - look at your comments, I responded to one with the solution - message me if you have ???'s
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| LisaSam67 PRO Wed 2nd Jul 2008 17:36
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Don't use a baby snot sucker woman!
A real blower has a filter that keeps more dust from sucking back into it and then blowing it back on
Me thinks I know what to send you now for a wedding present finally haha
I'll take the toaster back hahahaha ;-P
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| virginiabrill PRO Wed 2nd Jul 2008 17:45
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Originally posted by LisaSam67:
Don't use a baby snot sucker woman!
Too late...LMAO
Originally posted by LisaSam67:
A real blower has a filter that keeps more dust from sucking back into it and then blowing it back on
Ohh...makes sense.....I guess...lol
Originally posted by LisaSam67:
Me thinks I know what to send you now for a wedding present finally haha
Hehehe bout time! It's only been almost a month!
Oh yeah, and my birthday is the 7th...in like 5 days! Nobody knows what to get me...('cause I'm so hard to figure out right??? jeez it's not like I ever leave the house without my hobby!) Even Jamie said he doesn't know what to get me (he never knows what to get for special occasions...lol...he needs to use his creativity!)
I can see I'm going to be getting a lot of *well we didn't know what to get you*'s for this birthday!
AND WOW....just looked back over my shoulder at the TV as to what Madi was watching...and what. the. heck.....part cartoon, and part of these weird people dressed up all weird and creepy like, dancing and singing...It's called Yo Gabba Gabba!....Uhmmmm what?!
This is only part of it.....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R9PqjMSNfkU&feature=related
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| LisaSam67 PRO Wed 2nd Jul 2008 17:58
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Hahahahaha. Tella tubbies freak me out! U have the same bday as kenster!
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| virginiabrill PRO Wed 2nd Jul 2008 18:13
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Originally posted by LisaSam67:
U have the same bday as kenster!
Really? That is too cool!!! I'll have to call and say Happy Birthday to him that day! (Random thought--Ever been on the phone and someone says happy b-day to you and you say "you too"?? LMAO)
How old's he gonna be?? 7?
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| LisaSam67 PRO Thu 3rd Jul 2008 21:55
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7
and he'll be at his dad's house but I'll gladly give you both house and cell numbers so you can call him PMSL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| virginiabrill PRO Thu 3rd Jul 2008 22:14
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Originally posted by LisaSam67:
and he'll be at his dad's house but I'll gladly give you both house and cell numbers so you can call him PMSL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Definitely! He'll know who I am right??? LOL...
Wouldn't want him to be like, "I don't know who that was but she told me Happy Birthday."
LMAO
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| LisaSam67 PRO Fri 4th Jul 2008 01:32
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omg he cracks me up
ya he knows you LMAO
so you get his numbers and the step witches number too LMAO
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| virginiabrill PRO Wed 9th Jul 2008 00:06
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The problem has escalated...=(
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| crunch61 PRO Wed 9th Jul 2008 09:43
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I think your best bet would be to get your camera in to a repair shop for a proper sensor cleaning, before you do any damage to it - if the dust marks you can see are small scratches, then you won't blow them off at all...
I managed to damage a sensor by cleaning it on an old DSLR i had - not good!
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| stuboy PRO Wed 9th Jul 2008 10:01
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No need to spend lots of money on getting it cleaned, just use some sandpaper on your lense, that should remove any marks you have on it.
A nail file will do just as well if you don't have any sandpaper.
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