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So far I've taken 664 photos don't see any dust yet!
So far I've shot almost 13,000 photos with six lenses, going on two years. I think I can see a dust spot at this point, in smalll-aperture photos that include a lot of sky. I'm going to have to clean it before long ... but it's pretty subtle, and I have other priorities at the moment.

Forrest
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I've been lucky too.

I do have a small spot that is only noticable with the f32 sky shot test. Not noticable even with careful scruitiny in all the normal shots I've taken.

I am luck - lens changes in windy condition, in dusty (but not windy) condition. And worst the camera dropped off the end of a telescope and landed lens mount down in the dirty snow.

Also have generated metal particles with a t-mount that accumulated on lens mount. Wiped them off carefully - got a different T-mount.

Al
So far I've taken 664 photos don't see any dust yet!

-Kelvin
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Canon 300D/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Sony F717
Nikon F2
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it does not really has to do with how many photos you take. You could take 10,000 photos and never get dust. It is more a matter of how often you chane lens and in what environment. I do give my camera a good workout and at past 10,000 pics already, I had to clean it twice.

BTW...if you think you don't have any dust, just take a pic of the blue sky at F22 or F32...enjoy :)
So far I've taken 664 photos don't see any dust yet!

-Kelvin
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Equipment-
Canon 300D/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Sony F717
Nikon F2
Tiny Gallery of mine http://kelvinz.deviantart.com/
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Thanks, there's no dust, but how do ya get the stinkin' lick marks off?


it does not really has to do with how many photos you take. You
could take 10,000 photos and never get dust. It is more a matter
of how often you chane lens and in what environment. I do give my
camera a good workout and at past 10,000 pics already, I had to
clean it twice.

BTW...if you think you don't have any dust, just take a pic of the
blue sky at F22 or F32...enjoy :)
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Pixelitus Maximus
 
I used both. Once cleaned with air and it was enough, but with time it seems that air alone cannot do it. So I swab it too once. Pretty easy.
BTW...if you think you don't have any dust, just take a pic of the
blue sky at F22 or F32...enjoy :)
So far I've taken 664 photos don't see any dust yet!

-Kelvin
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Equipment-
Canon 300D/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Sony F717
Nikon F2
Tiny Gallery of mine http://kelvinz.deviantart.com/
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I am not an English native speaker!
http://www.pbase.com/zylen
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I am not an English native speaker!
http://www.pbase.com/zylen
http://www.photosig.com/go/users/userphotos?id=26918
 
you just have to lick some more until there is nothing left to lick.

it does not really has to do with how many photos you take. You
could take 10,000 photos and never get dust. It is more a matter
of how often you chane lens and in what environment. I do give my
camera a good workout and at past 10,000 pics already, I had to
clean it twice.

BTW...if you think you don't have any dust, just take a pic of the
blue sky at F22 or F32...enjoy :)
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Pixelitus Maximus
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I am not an English native speaker!
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http://www.photosig.com/go/users/userphotos?id=26918
 
See, this is something i have found...

dust/hot pixels/etc don't pop up until you actually look for them. Seriously, i had 3 smudges on my sensor filter that i didn't realize was there for at least 500 shots. The only way i caught it was by changing a lens and catching the light at the right angle to see. Then i noticed some dust in there..so i took a few more shots, didn't notice a single thing, then took a shot of the blue sky at f 38 and autoleveled in photoshop....ouch...lots of specs, but seriously, nothing that even remotely showed up on a "normal" picture....

so, you could be taking hundreds of pics with dust and you just won't notice it, hence the whole, "just leave it alone and enjoy taking pics" argument...
So far I've taken 664 photos don't see any dust yet!

-Kelvin
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Equipment-
Canon 300D/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Sony F717
Nikon F2
Tiny Gallery of mine http://kelvinz.deviantart.com/
 
So far I've taken 664 photos don't see any dust yet!

-Kelvin
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Equipment-
Canon 300D/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Sony F717
Nikon F2
Tiny Gallery of mine http://kelvinz.deviantart.com/
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and i never touched the sensor, but i did blow it off ever time i changed lenses, if your not going to take the kit lens off or if you use another lens all the time then dust won't be much of a problem. Dust is inevitable, it's floating in the air your breath. My camera is in for repairs, that's why i said was at 8,000 pics.
 
With only 1 lens before today, I never removed the kit lens. I think if you leave the lens in place all the time dust cannot get on the sensor. However when you change lenses you are introducing dust into the camera body. I hope to avoid it but I don't think cleaning the sensor will be any big deal with a low-pressure bulb blower.
So far I've taken 664 photos don't see any dust yet!

-Kelvin
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Equipment-
Canon 300D/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Sony F717
Nikon F2
Tiny Gallery of mine http://kelvinz.deviantart.com/
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