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 Tuesday, September 11, 2007

On some landscape shots I've taken recently I've noticed some significant spotting on the resulting images. I've cleaned my lenses and the spotting remains, so it is most likely an issue on the camera sensor (actually the filter in front of the sensor). I followed Bob Atkins' advice and took some shots that would neutralize any lens effects and repeated with a separate lens. The results are clear - I need to do some cleaning.

30mm Lens Before Clean-1.jpg

Zoom Lens Before Clean-1.jpg

posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:05:55 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #    Comments [2]
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:42:28 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
I think I'd read before that you have a Canon 30D, which is what I have. I was terrified when I found dust on my sensor for fear of having to send it in because of everything I'd read about how evil it was to try to clean it one's self. I opted to try Green Clean Wet/Dry Swabs to clean my sensor and it worked out great. I would do the same thing again faced with dust on the sensor...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:47:02 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
I did something similar, but just used a clean / charged makeup brush and it seems to have worked just fine. There's still minor spotting around the perimeter, but I think that's normal or at least won't be visible. Thanks for the tip.
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