dirt IN the lens

spiralout · Jan 2, 2005

I have a D70, and I've noticed that there are quite a few small black spots scattered throughout any shot I take. I looked at my lens the other day and noticed a tiny bit of dirt UNDER the first lens element. I clean my lens after every use (dust the glass off and wipe the body down). The only reason I could think of is the day that I spent at a rock crushing plant. I have a zoom lens so perhaps some of the dirt could've found it's way into the lens. But I still have NO idea how it couldn't gotten up to the second element. Is this an expensive thing to get taken care of?

AIRIC · Jan 3, 2005

Sounds more like you have lots of dust on the CCD from changing lenses. The D-70 has a mirror lock up feature that will allow you to clean the CCD. Its in the manual but be careful.

Eric

Mitica100 · Jan 4, 2005

Dust is a camera's worst enemy. I try to keep the camera shielded from dust as much as I can in any dusty environment. I have a few plastic shower caps from various hotels and motels and I fit the camera inside with the lens going through the opening. A small hole where the viewfinder is and I'm in business.

If you want to clean your camera/lens though, is best to take it to a camera shop.

Good luck.

doxx · Jan 4, 2005

like Airic said - it's mostlikely some dust on the sensor,
dust in/on the lens doesn't show as much...

C_lawgik · Jan 4, 2005

try taking pics of paintball. you deal with the dusta dn slow ith paint, sweat and grime.

will965 · Jan 4, 2005

This might help http://www.camerahacker.com/EOS_Pin-Hole_Lens/ go to the "digital" section near the bottom.

spiralout · Jan 4, 2005

No, it certainly isn't from changing lenses as I only have one. I just checked the ccd and it's spotless. I even blew it a few times for good measure. I noticed that there are a few visible spots when I look through the viewfinder, so I cleaned the mirror and ground glass. The spots are still there.