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07/04/2007 06:32:09 AM · #1 |
Thought I'd relate something.
I shoot a lot of different stuff, motorsport, people, groups, landscapes, and the odd product shot as well...
I was talking to the manager at the camera shop that feeds my addiction, and the subject of sensor dust came up. She made a comment we've all heard before 'Oh, I've never done more than blow the dust out of my camera with a bulb'.
At the time I thought it was odd, as she does motorsports, people, landscapes...
Then I was going through some stuff today looking for some competition entries for a brick'n'mortar competition and realized what something. It hit me like a tonne of sand, or dust at least. She shoots photos of cars that race on, what do you call them, roads!
This is what I call motorsport:
Shot at 160mm, so that pile of dust and dirt coming out the back of the car included my position at times during the day.(Yes, I have been known to be one of 'those' nut case photographers...)
Same day, but later on from a different spot, dust as far as the eye could see. :-)
Now I understand why some people get sensor dust, and some don't. Anyone else got some sensor-dust inducing shots or stories to share? :-)
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07/04/2007 06:41:50 AM · #2 |
Yup....my camera gets inundated with sensor dust on a regular basis. Sometimes I don't get a chance to clean it before the next shoot..or I just plain forget to and kick myself during processing.
Here is one I won't forget. Using my Sigma 50-500...shooting from the edge of the arena for the Association. So I was allowed close...but I still stayed outside the rails...due to the mud. But during the day I could literally feel the mud hitting the lens. I still find remnants of it in the thread of the lens hood..lol!!
  
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07/04/2007 06:50:24 AM · #3 |
Wetting down the dust in the arena just to reduce the photog's dust problems, they must be really impressed with your work! :-).
That middle shot is cool. I'm covering a rodeo later this year, I'm hopeful that the barrel racing will be on the day I'm there, it's impressive stuff...
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07/04/2007 02:17:27 PM · #4 |
Thanks Chris...I have plenty more on my site...I do all their photography so I get some great vantage points.
Barrel-Racing
Edited to add link.
Message edited by author 2007-07-04 14:39:39.
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07/04/2007 02:47:15 PM · #5 |
Check this out...
I was doing some underwater photography while I was swimming with some dolphins this past weekend. I was using my D70 in an underwater housing. The first half of the shots were fine, but the second half all have a gigantic dust spot just off to the left of center of every shot.
After blowing out the inside of my camera I found that my shots still had the spot. I cleaned both ends of my lens and still I had that large dust spot. After scratching my head for awhile I finally found that the dust in actually INSIDE THE FREAKING LENS!!!!!!
I'm the only photog that I know that can get dust inside his lens while it is inside an underwater housing while shooting underwater.
Now, how do I clean it??? |
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07/04/2007 04:02:50 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by yakatme:
Check this out...
I'm the only photog that I know that can get dust inside his lens while it is inside an underwater housing while shooting underwater.
Now, how do I clean it??? |
Take it out of the housing for awhile and shoot some of the same shots. That should clean it.
;)
Mike
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07/04/2007 05:00:53 PM · #7 |
| oh dear. now, you've made me laugh |
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