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01/08/2006 10:52:41 PM · #1 |
| Does anyone know if sensor dust is allowed to be taken out in basic editing? If its obviously just to take out the dust and not effect the picture. I want to do a shot but my sensor has a few really nasty dirt spots and I can't get to the store for a cleaning kit for a few days. Thanks. |
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01/08/2006 10:54:11 PM · #2 |
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01/08/2006 10:54:29 PM · #3 |
| Nope...but most people are understanding about it... |
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01/08/2006 10:55:02 PM · #4 |
Not allowed.
To avoid the dust spots, shoot wide open. The dust spots are barely noticeable on large apertures, but become extremely visible at very small apertures. |
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01/08/2006 10:57:10 PM · #5 |
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01/08/2006 11:00:49 PM · #6 |
| 'Fraid not. Personally, I've always wished that the basic rules could be tweaked to allow this, but no spot editing is allowed at all in the basic rule set. |
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01/08/2006 11:00:53 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Just clean your sensor. |
lol
I think you missed the part where he said he "can't get to the store for a cleaning kit for a few days".
(laughing because I had almost sent the same answer you did until I finished reading his post) |
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01/08/2006 11:01:47 PM · #8 |
| No cloning is allowed in basic editing. The reasoning is this: If you can clone out a speck of camera dust I should be allowed to clone out that one little piece of litter. If they can clone out that one little piece of litter, I should be able to clone out this traffic sign. If they can clone out that traffic sign, I should be able to clone out that ugly shack. If they can clone out that ugly shack, I should be able to... |
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01/08/2006 11:29:38 PM · #9 |
For what it's worth...
I spent a couple of hours getting City Life shots only to put them on the computer and discover my first obvious dust spot. Thankfully for the shot I submitted I was able to crop it out, because removal is not allowed.
Anyway, I was considering a professional service because the camera has been getting plenty of use lately and it needs a view-finder adjustment anyway, but in the mean time I got a simple blower brush.
I took a classic dust revealing photo - F22 of a solid white wall, defocused - and could see many more spots beyond the obviously visible ones. After cleaning with the blower though only a couple of tiny specks remain, not enough to worry about.
If you've got a blower brush at least, then maybe try that in the short term - you'll probably get totally acceptable results, especially when your target resolution is only 640px... Most dust spots would disappear anyway when shrunk so much. |
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