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10/01/2006 03:14:03 PM · #1 |
ok, today i changed the lens outdoors for the first time, you can see the result on the pic...
now the game:
1)Count every single tiny spot of dust.
(the person, who knows the right answer, wins a Million Dollars! ;D)
2)Show me a picture with more sensor dust!
(the person, who manages to do this, wins 2 Million Dollars! rofl)
good luck
...now i go buying a sensor cleaning set...;) |
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10/01/2006 03:16:47 PM · #2 |
I bet if you do an Auto Levels on the image, you'll find that it's even dirtier than you thought. :-)
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10/01/2006 03:38:16 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by dwterry:
I bet if you do an Auto Levels on the image, you'll find that it's even dirtier than you thought. :-) |
increasing contrast already done on the photo...
otherwise the "sensor dust game" would not be as much fun...;) |
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10/01/2006 03:42:15 PM · #4 |
| Did you shoot that at the smallest aperture? |
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10/01/2006 04:01:04 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Did you shoot that at the smallest aperture? |
nope, but at least at f16... |
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10/01/2006 04:05:06 PM · #6 |
| geez, all that from just one lens swap...where were you? |
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10/01/2006 04:07:22 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by photoheathen:
geez, all that from just one lens swap...where were you? |
Icelandic outback...*lol* |
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10/01/2006 04:18:09 PM · #8 |
Well, I did a test shot against a white monitor screen & found a horrible amount of dust:
So I went out & got som wee pads on sticks & some alcoholic fluid. I drank some & then put too much on the pad & cleaned my snesor. The sensor looks quite nice & clean, but the fluid just couldn't stay. Yes, this is the real deal, not a photoshopped joke:
I worked on it more, but didn't do a very good job, still rather grungy. I got more pads, so I can try to clean it up later:
(Last two shot against laptop screen)
Message edited by author 2006-10-01 16:18:26.
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10/01/2006 04:35:13 PM · #9 |
how's this for a lot of dust?
Message edited by author 2006-10-01 16:35:29.
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10/01/2006 04:50:33 PM · #10 |
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Here are a couple of questions/thoughts...
1) Did you attempt using a blower before swabbing?
2) When you shoot your monitor, the end of your lens should be a couple of inches from the monitor.. Also make sure that you do multiple shots at different locations on the monitor. This will help determine if the dust/specks are really on your sensor or on your monitor's screen.
Here are a couple of sites for sensor cleaning tips:
Cleaning Camera Sensors
Cleaning Digital Cameras
Edit: added links
Message edited by author 2006-10-01 16:52:55.
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10/01/2006 05:22:56 PM · #11 |
I actually had this entered in a challenge. I didn't have time to reshoot, and being a basic challenge, couldn't clean it up.
Enough dust to fill a sandbox. |
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10/01/2006 07:34:48 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by lesgainous:
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Here are a couple of questions/thoughts...
1) Did you attempt using a blower before swabbing?
2) When you shoot your monitor, the end of your lens should be a couple of inches from the monitor.. Also make sure that you do multiple shots at different locations on the monitor. This will help determine if the dust/specks are really on your sensor or on your monitor's screen.
Here are a couple of sites for sensor cleaning tips:
Cleaning Camera Sensors
Cleaning Digital Cameras
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I used a Giotto blower before doing any swabbing, and the only thing it got rid of was the large pubic hair at the bottom. It was night, so I didn't have a sky to shoot at for tests, but I did move my lense around while exposing against my laptop so as not to show any dust on it. I did do a sky-shot once, so I know that first shot really is dust. It was pretty impressive.
I first noticed the dust while doing longish exposures with a double ND filter for motion-panning shots.
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10/01/2006 08:27:45 PM · #13 |
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