ernie
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hello,
been traveling for a few months now and with the changing lenses now and again, i'm afraid i have some dust in my camera. just wanted to stop by here and ask a few questions before i do anything.
how do you recognize sensor dust exactly? i read somewhere you cannot see it through the viewfinder, only in the pictures themselves. however, the stuff i see is through the viewfinder, can't see anything in the pictures themselves (that is after taking a shot of a white wall and zooming in (on the camera display) where the spot is supposed to be - nothing). i have cleaned lenses and the little viewfinder, no effect. does this mean it's on the mirror itself? if yes, how would i go about cleaning this? can i do it myself with a clean sort of cloth, just like you do with the front of lenses?
and do i even have to clean it? since it doesn't seem to have an effect on the actual pictures i'd rather not touch it, altough i haven't watched them on a big screen yet, only on the little camera display. i guess i could go to a repair shop and ask them to clean everything (to be sure) but i'm in china now and i don't have much faith in the local electronics-guys, with the fake equipment and all.
thanks,
ernie
been traveling for a few months now and with the changing lenses now and again, i'm afraid i have some dust in my camera. just wanted to stop by here and ask a few questions before i do anything.
how do you recognize sensor dust exactly? i read somewhere you cannot see it through the viewfinder, only in the pictures themselves. however, the stuff i see is through the viewfinder, can't see anything in the pictures themselves (that is after taking a shot of a white wall and zooming in (on the camera display) where the spot is supposed to be - nothing). i have cleaned lenses and the little viewfinder, no effect. does this mean it's on the mirror itself? if yes, how would i go about cleaning this? can i do it myself with a clean sort of cloth, just like you do with the front of lenses?
and do i even have to clean it? since it doesn't seem to have an effect on the actual pictures i'd rather not touch it, altough i haven't watched them on a big screen yet, only on the little camera display. i guess i could go to a repair shop and ask them to clean everything (to be sure) but i'm in china now and i don't have much faith in the local electronics-guys, with the fake equipment and all.
thanks,
ernie