Not a dirty sensor
Posted 26/07/2008 - 15:59
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UFO sighting?
Keith
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"The present is the object of vision, and what I see before me at any given second is a full field of color-patches scattered just so. The configuration will never be repeated." ~ Annie Dillard
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Posted 26/07/2008 - 16:47
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I keep trying to stamp on your Avatar sockpuppet, but it keeps getting away.
Best regards, John
Posted 26/07/2008 - 16:49
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Aaaah! Run! Meteor!!!
Posted 26/07/2008 - 19:44
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You laugh, but I kid you not, I had something nearly that big on the sensor.
There was this heowwwwwwwge thing on a few of the photos, and I gave the innards a blast with the rocket.
And a great lump of something, easily big enough to see, fell out. Not floated out, fell out.
How it got in, heaven knows.
There was this heowwwwwwwge thing on a few of the photos, and I gave the innards a blast with the rocket.
And a great lump of something, easily big enough to see, fell out. Not floated out, fell out.
How it got in, heaven knows.
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Posted 26/07/2008 - 21:00
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I'm not laughing, I have a bit of a strange problem, where I get, what I assume is dirt on the sensor, but it only appears intermittently, maybe on 10% of shots, and not even on consecutive shots, note the top R/H corner,
a close up here,
I assume it's a virus I caught from 'Clarky', where one of his spiders just drops it in, to spoil my shots
I've tried blowing it out, ( rocket, not gob ), but to no avail.
It's easy to clone out, but it really bugs me.
Next attempt at getting rid of it will include, "Rocket Blower', Dyson vacuum cleaner, and a bottle of Jack Daniels, ( just to calm my nerves, you understand !!! ).
a close up here,
I assume it's a virus I caught from 'Clarky', where one of his spiders just drops it in, to spoil my shots
I've tried blowing it out, ( rocket, not gob ), but to no avail.
It's easy to clone out, but it really bugs me.
Next attempt at getting rid of it will include, "Rocket Blower', Dyson vacuum cleaner, and a bottle of Jack Daniels, ( just to calm my nerves, you understand !!! ).
Posted 27/07/2008 - 08:23
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Galoot wrote:
I'm not laughing, I have a bit of a strange problem, where I get, what I assume is dirt on the sensor, but it only appears intermittently, maybe on 10% of shots, and not even on consecutive shots, note the top R/H corner,
Is it always in the same place? If so, then I think it has to be something on the sensor.I'm not laughing, I have a bit of a strange problem, where I get, what I assume is dirt on the sensor, but it only appears intermittently, maybe on 10% of shots, and not even on consecutive shots, note the top R/H corner,
I've also found that muck on the sensor doesn't appear in all the shots, even when the background is neutral enough to think that it should be obvious. It shows, then not, and then it appears again.
I don't really understand this either.
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Posted 27/07/2008 - 09:03
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Maybe the muck gets Shifted about by the action of the mirror and the movement of the shutter curtains?
Best regards, John
Posted 27/07/2008 - 11:39
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Galoot wrote:
I'm not laughing, I have a bit of a strange problem, where I get, what I assume is dirt on the sensor, but it only appears intermittently, maybe on 10% of shots, and not even on consecutive shots, note the top R/H corner,
I assume it's a virus I caught from 'Clarky', where one of his spiders just drops it in, to spoil my shots
I've tried blowing it out, ( rocket, not gob ), but to no avail.
It's easy to clone out, but it really bugs me.
Next attempt at getting rid of it will include, "Rocket Blower', Dyson vacuum cleaner, and a bottle of Jack Daniels, ( just to calm my nerves, you understand !!! ).
I assure you all my spiders have been put through a thorough medical before they are posted
I'm not laughing, I have a bit of a strange problem, where I get, what I assume is dirt on the sensor, but it only appears intermittently, maybe on 10% of shots, and not even on consecutive shots, note the top R/H corner,
I assume it's a virus I caught from 'Clarky', where one of his spiders just drops it in, to spoil my shots
I've tried blowing it out, ( rocket, not gob ), but to no avail.
It's easy to clone out, but it really bugs me.
Next attempt at getting rid of it will include, "Rocket Blower', Dyson vacuum cleaner, and a bottle of Jack Daniels, ( just to calm my nerves, you understand !!! ).
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Posted 27/07/2008 - 12:18
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ChrisA wrote:
I've also found that muck on the sensor doesn't appear in all the shots, even when the background is neutral enough to think that it should be obvious. It shows, then not, and then it appears again.
I don't really understand this either.
Usually dust only becomes visibly when using small aperture openings together with the neutral background you mentioned. With my DS I had dust on the sensor which was only visible at f11 or smaller.
Galoot wrote:
I'm not laughing, I have a bit of a strange problem, where I get, what I assume is dirt on the sensor, but it only appears intermittently, maybe on 10% of shots, and not even on consecutive shots, note the top R/H corner,
Is it always in the same place? If so, then I think it has to be something on the sensor.I'm not laughing, I have a bit of a strange problem, where I get, what I assume is dirt on the sensor, but it only appears intermittently, maybe on 10% of shots, and not even on consecutive shots, note the top R/H corner,
I've also found that muck on the sensor doesn't appear in all the shots, even when the background is neutral enough to think that it should be obvious. It shows, then not, and then it appears again.
I don't really understand this either.
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Posted 27/07/2008 - 15:21
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golfdiesel wrote:
Usually dust only becomes visibly when using small aperture openings together with the neutral background you mentioned. With my DS I had dust on the sensor which was only visible at f11 or smaller.
If the thing is sitting right on the sensor, and presumably simply casting a shadow on to it, from zero distance or thereabouts, why does the aperture affect it?
Usually dust only becomes visibly when using small aperture openings together with the neutral background you mentioned. With my DS I had dust on the sensor which was only visible at f11 or smaller.
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Posted 27/07/2008 - 15:36
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ChrisA wrote:
If the thing is sitting right on the sensor, and presumably simply casting a shadow on to it, from zero distance or thereabouts, why does the aperture affect it?
Well, it is not sitting right on the sensor. It is sitting on top of the filter (i.e. the surface of the sensor assembly) and therefore a little bit off the sensor. At wide apertures more light can go "around" the sensor, therefore softening the shadow.If the thing is sitting right on the sensor, and presumably simply casting a shadow on to it, from zero distance or thereabouts, why does the aperture affect it?
So when you take a test shot of a bright area out of focus at aperture 22 or similar you will be surprised what dust specs show up (not that they would pose too much of a problem for real world shots mostly).
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Posted 27/07/2008 - 15:39
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Prieni wrote:
Well, it is not sitting right on the sensor. It is sitting on top of the filter (i.e. the surface of the sensor assembly) and therefore a little bit off the sensor. At wide apertures more light can go "around" the sensor, therefore softening the shadow.
Yes of course. I'd forgotten about the filter. Thanks.
Well, it is not sitting right on the sensor. It is sitting on top of the filter (i.e. the surface of the sensor assembly) and therefore a little bit off the sensor. At wide apertures more light can go "around" the sensor, therefore softening the shadow.
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