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So how much you battling dust? Especially interesting to hear from D8x0 owners where even smallest specks can be visible.

I cannot see dust at all on my Df up until F16. At F32 it barely visible, but very noticeable at F64. Yes, for portraits it irrelevant, but how about macro? I shoot reference photo at F16, found nothing and convinced myself that my sensor is dust-free. But few days ago I shoot macro at 1:1 and was amused how much dust is visible at F64! I dry clean sensor and blew with can air - majority gone, but few still remains. So what macro guys of D8x0 do - clean it or rid of it in PP? Is Dust Off Reference work OK? I need Capture NX to try it and I am not sure if it worth it. Any comments?

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"and was amused how much dust is visible at F64!"

Being amused by your camera is a good thing. In fact, it's the whole point.
 
KSV said:
So how much you battling dust? Especially interesting to hear from D8x0 owners where even smallest specks can be visible.

I cannot see dust at all on my Df up until F16. At F32 it barely visible, but very noticeable at F64. Yes, for portraits it irrelevant, but how about macro? I shoot reference photo at F16, found nothing and convinced myself that my sensor is dust-free. But few days ago I shoot macro at 1:1 and was amused how much dust is visible at F64! I dry clean sensor and blew with can air - majority gone, but few still remains. So what macro guys of D8x0 do - clean it or rid of it in PP? Is Dust Off Reference work OK? I need Capture NX to try it and I am not sure if it worth it. Any comments?

Cheers
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My D810 doesn't have the slightest speck, and I've checked F22 sky shots heavily pumped in PS. Haven't tried F64, but I never will use that anyway. Also be VERY careful using canned air inside your camera. It's quite powerful, and be 100% sure no propellant comes out.
 
Why are you trying so hard to find dust. At f64? Really? Go take some photos.
 
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Why are you trying so hard to find dust. At f64? Really? Go take some photos.
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Have you read my post? Really? I did not and do not bother myself to find dust - I merely shooting extreme macro and found it by chance.
 
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KSV said:
So how much you battling dust? Especially interesting to hear from D8x0 owners where even smallest specks can be visible.

I cannot see dust at all on my Df up until F16. At F32 it barely visible, but very noticeable at F64. Yes, for portraits it irrelevant, but how about macro? I shoot reference photo at F16, found nothing and convinced myself that my sensor is dust-free. But few days ago I shoot macro at 1:1 and was amused how much dust is visible at F64! I dry clean sensor and blew with can air - majority gone, but few still remains. So what macro guys of D8x0 do - clean it or rid of it in PP? Is Dust Off Reference work OK? I need Capture NX to try it and I am not sure if it worth it. Any comments?

Cheers
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My D810 doesn't have the slightest speck, and I've checked F22 sky shots heavily pumped in PS. Haven't tried F64, but I never will use that anyway. Also be VERY careful using canned air inside your camera. It's quite powerful, and be 100% sure no propellant comes out.
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In my case I need to know where it is at F32 to find it and even then it barely visible. At F22 I see nothing at all at 100% magnification. So it does not bother me for "normal" shooting, I just curious what people do when shoot extreme macro.
 
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If you have dust at f/64, clean your lens. :-)

I have seen lens dust at f/45 on a 60mm Micro-Nikkor f/2.8D when close focused and shooting at the sky.

I've read that Nikon uses f/16 to look for dust.

I know you have no fear of diffraction for studio macros, but why not focus stack?
 
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Robin Casady said:
If you have dust at f/64, clean your lens. :-)

I have seen lens dust at f/45 on a 60mm Micro-Nikkor f/2.8D when close focused and shooting at the sky.

I've read that Nikon uses f/16 to look for dust.

I know you have no fear of diffraction for studio macros, but why not focus stack?
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