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Specks inside lens
Jun 21, 2013 09:35:34 #
Moss
Loc: London Westminster
I have an AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm 1:2.8G ED lens attached to a Nikon D700. A couple of specks are noticeable on clear sky in the pics. I can see the specks through the viewfinder. They are not on the glass outside. Therefore are they inside the lens and what is the best course of action please ?
Jun 21, 2013 09:44:16 #
Jun 21, 2013 09:49:47 #
billgrolz wrote:
clean your sensor.
Surely the specks cannot be on the sensor if they are visible through the viewfinder?
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Jun 21, 2013 09:57:26 #
Jun 21, 2013 10:02:19 #
I had one, as well, on my Rebel (now sold). You could see it from either end of the lens when lens not attached to camera -- so it's definitely not the sensor. I just ended up cloning the speck from clear sky images :)
Jun 21, 2013 10:03:10 #
Jun 21, 2013 10:06:56 #
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Jun 21, 2013 10:06:57 #
Moss wrote:
Yes they are visible through the viewfinder.
Yes they are visible through the viewfinder.
If you remove the lens can you still see them in the finder? If you remove the lens can you see them through the lens using a torch?
To be able to see them in the finder they would have to be as big as a pterodactyl.
Jun 21, 2013 10:15:54 #
Moss
Loc: London Westminster
Terra Australis wrote:
If you remove the lens can you still see them in the finder? If you remove the lens can you see them through the lens using a torch?
To be able to see them in the finder they would have to be as big as a pterodactyl.
To be able to see them in the finder they would have to be as big as a pterodactyl.
Thank you Terra Australis.
Just removed the lens and the specks are still there through the viewfinder.
Jun 21, 2013 10:20:39 #
Moss wrote:
Thank you Terra Australis.
Just removed the lens and the specks are still there through the viewfinder.
Just removed the lens and the specks are still there through the viewfinder.
That is a good start. Definitely not pterodactyls then.
Now get a woman's makeup brush that has not been used and brush the underside of the focusing screen being careful not to touch the mirror.
I suspect that you have two unrelated problems;
1. dirt in the finder
and
2. dirt on the sensor.
Oliver
Jun 21, 2013 10:47:18 #
Moss
Loc: London Westminster
Terra Australis wrote:
That is a good start. Definitely not pterodactyls then.
Now get a woman's makeup brush that has not been used and brush the underside of the focusing screen being careful not to touch the mirror.
I suspect that you have two unrelated problems;
1. dirt in the finder
and
2. dirt on the sensor.
Oliver
Now get a woman's makeup brush that has not been used and brush the underside of the focusing screen being careful not to touch the mirror.
I suspect that you have two unrelated problems;
1. dirt in the finder
and
2. dirt on the sensor.
Oliver
Thank you Oliver. That's interesting. I am rather nervous of brushing anything inside the camera, but I could contemplate it after my next job.
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Jun 21, 2013 14:01:52 #
Jun 21, 2013 14:02:30 #
Ignore them in lens. People these days are too anal
Get a rocket blower
Get a rocket blower
Jun 21, 2013 14:54:02 #
JR1 wrote:
Ignore them in lens. People these days are too anal
Except for extreme cases, the only time dust inside the lens will make a difference is when you want to sell it.
Jun 21, 2013 15:16:27 #
Moss
Loc: London Westminster
JR1 wrote:
Ignore them in lens. People these days are too anal
Get a rocket blower
Get a rocket blower
Thank you JR1.
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