Dust again.

• First of all I'd like to mention that dust just s* x.

• Second of all I'd like to encourage all other readers here to read what is posted here. I first removed the dust on my sensor on my own way, without knowing, that it could not be a good way. (In particular I used a bit of Hama Anti Dust spray. Hopefully I did not harm my cam...) Than I found out that this is not recommended. Darn! next time I take it to the nikon service point, and not gonna do it myself.

• But there is a question I still have: The common recommendation for the removal of dust is to use a bulb. Now I am a stupid german, and I do not have any clue what such blub would look like. Mý dictionary says that a bulb is that thing inside your lamp which actually emits the light, but that cannot be ment. So: Anyone here to explain me what that is??

• Finally: Any recommendations on how to remove the traces of dust from the pictures ?? (JPEGs) I tried the copy stamp with good results... Is there any better way?

ypsilon said:

• But there is a question I still have: The common recommendation

for the removal of dust is to use a bulb. Now I am a stupid german,
and I do not have any clue what such blub would look like. Mý
dictionary says that a bulb is that thing inside your lamp which
actually emits the light, but that cannot be ment. So: Anyone here
to explain me what that is??

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Brian Miller said:

Nevermind, I thought you meant the bulb-like blower.

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Brian Miller said:

"Bulb" is the shutter setting to keep it open to clean
the acutal CCD instead of the anti-alias filter.

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ypsilon said:

Hello.

Ok. now I am totally confused. AFAIK there is an AA Filter in front
of the CCD. This one can be cleaned - according to the manual - by
using the inspection mode for the mirror. From your suggestions I
find that the same can be done by doing a long tim exposure
(without the lens attached.) . Is this correct?

Is there any chance that dust gets beween the AA-Filter and the CCD?

What would I do in this case?

confused

Hopefully I did not harm my cam.. How can I find out if the AA
Filter is broken, or would I see this on the first look?

Thanks again

Greetz
Y

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ypsilon said:

Hello

Thanks for this reply. This really confirmed what I by now have
learned from

. I just wonder why there was the suggestion to use the bulb mode
for cleaning the CCD if there is a mirror lockup function. Or do
not all cams have this.?

Anyhow: I used compressed gas (not really air, as it consists of
40% propane/butane), and removed some dust with it. I will not do
that again, as I now know that it is not a good idea.

Do you know why one should use the power adapter? Is that because
of static charge stuff? Or is it just because the battery could run
low while the mirror is open, and the cam would not like that?

Darn! this issue really gives me some trouble, as I still am scared
of cleaning my ccd by swabbing (plus I have to order the pec pads
from overseas or so since I live in germany).
I think I will pay a visit to the nikon service point (which is
fortunatly located about 2 km from my place) tomorrow and see what
they tell me. (I'm especially excited on how much they would charge
for a CCD cleaning.)

:-( I'll be on vacation for four weeks later this year. I cannot carry the nikon service point with me during taht time. damn it.

Greetz
Y

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Brian Miller said:

Brian Miller said:

• But there is a question I still have: The common recommendation

for the removal of dust is to use a bulb. Now I am a stupid german,
and I do not have any clue what such blub would look like. Mý
dictionary says that a bulb is that thing inside your lamp which
actually emits the light, but that cannot be ment. So: Anyone here
to explain me what that is??

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http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=195065&is=REG

http://www.2filter.com/prices/products/rocket.html

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ypsilon said:

• But there is a question I still have: The common recommendation

for the removal of dust is to use a bulb. Now I am a stupid german,
and I do not have any clue what such blub would look like. Mý
dictionary says that a bulb is that thing inside your lamp which
actually emits the light, but that cannot be ment. So: Anyone here
to explain me what that is??

• Finally: Any recommendations on how to remove the traces of dust

from the pictures ?? (JPEGs) I tried the copy stamp with good
results... Is there any better way?

Thanks for reading, and thanks even more for any advice...

Greetz
Y

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http://www.pbase.com/ypsilon

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louis67 said:

Haven't met a stupid German yet. Must be my luck.

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zebra451 said:

To remove dust in photos, I use the Healing Brush Tool in Photoshop
7 & CS.

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