The "Dirtiest Sensor" I've ever seen

Algernon
Posted 16/07/2010 - 18:28 Link
This so called US Photo and Video dealer on ebay isn't exactly impressing buyers with his filthy sensor
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pink
Posted 16/07/2010 - 18:33 Link
well omg I try to buy a artic butterfly while in the states a Easter and all the camera shops I went into hadn't even heard of it I had to wait until I got home

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pentaxanne
Posted 16/07/2010 - 18:40 Link
atleast he has 100% positive over 6767
Algernon
Posted 16/07/2010 - 18:44 Link
pentaxanne wrote:
atleast he has 100% positive over 6767
Ah!! but ebay can't tell you how many people ran away when they
saw the dirty sensor
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Posted 16/07/2010 - 21:53 Link
I think he should invest in a yard broom and a shovel!
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amoringello
Posted 16/07/2010 - 22:12 Link
It doesn't look like sensor dust, but if that is the environment in which he keeps his stuff, I've seen enough regardless.
Gwyn
Posted 16/07/2010 - 22:14 Link


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well omg I try to buy a artic butterfly while in the states a Easter and all the camera shops I went into hadn't even heard of it I had to wait until I got home

James
Weird, because they're Canadian.
amoringello
Posted 16/07/2010 - 22:20 Link
Gwyn wrote:


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well omg I try to buy a artic butterfly while in the states a Easter and all the camera shops I went into hadn't even heard of it I had to wait until I got home

James
Weird, because they're Canadian.
You must have been to one of the big box stores? No self-respecting photographer hasn't heard of those.
Sadly, the small "real" photo stores are becoming harder to find. I only know of one in about a fifty mile radius from where I live. I fear the day when customer service is run out of town by Amazon's pricing and that shop closes.
Mannesty
Posted 16/07/2010 - 22:40 Link
That's not sensor dust, it's too well defined. Sensor dust manifests itself as grey 'blobs' on the image. That looks like dirt on the image, which could be a scanned photograph.
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thoughton
Posted 16/07/2010 - 22:58 Link
Most definitely scanned negatives.
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hefty1
Posted 16/07/2010 - 23:09 Link
But the dirt's in the same places on each shot so they're not scans...
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thoughton
Posted 16/07/2010 - 23:14 Link
Hrm that's a good point Crud on his negative scanner? One of those £40 ones with the webcam inside.
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hefty1
Posted 16/07/2010 - 23:17 Link
Could be! I've never used one of those but wouldn't the constant movement of negs through it knock the dust into different patterns? Also, would a hardcore eBayer really use film? Not that there's anything wrong with film but for convenience it's not a patch on digital as we know...
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thoughton
Posted 16/07/2010 - 23:35 Link
I'm not sure, I have one of those scanners and the negs go in a plastic caddy which is maybe 5mm thick, so I doubt it touches anything. Not sure if just the airflow of the caddy passing a few mm away would rearrange the crud. If it's anything like the airflow needed to shift some of the crud on my dslr sensor I would guess not
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Algernon
Posted 17/07/2010 - 09:14 Link
I can't imagine any ebay seller using film.
The marks are also on his hands so it's not
dirt on the table
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