What's causing this white spot ?

[petwon]

Just bought a new sony a6000 last month, so very new to the DSLR. What's is causing the white spot on the middle of the picture, I try the 16-50mm and also the 55-210mm both have the spot at the same location. There are no filter on the front, shoot at f22 with iso100. Sun glare ? not shooting toward any sunlight though. Could it be a bad sensor ?. Also have bunches of dust on the sensor since I got it, from past user experience will sony take care of that. Thanks in advance.

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/DSC00170_zpsn6kxh3ek.jpg.html

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[AlbertTheLazy]

Try asking on the appropriate Sony forum.

By the way, an A6000 is not a DSLR.

 

[barrym1966]

Have you tried the auto cleaning option that's in one of your menus?

I assume since it's a mirror less camera the sensor becomes a magnet for dust

There is also a few videos on YouTube about cleaning that sensor

 

[a_c_skinner]

It looks like dust on the sensor.

 

[Guidenet]

Just bought a new sony a6000 last month, so very new to the DSLR. What's is causing the white spot on the middle of the picture, I try the 16-50mm and also the 55-210mm both have the spot at the same location. There are no filter on the front, shoot at f22 with iso100. Sun glare ? not shooting toward any sunlight though. Could it be a bad sensor ?. Also have bunches of dust on the sensor since I got it, from past user experience will sony take care of that. Thanks in advance.

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/DSC00170_zpsn6kxh3ek.jpg.html

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/DSC00168_zps5gg2oec1.jpg.html

Wow, that's a lot of dust on such a new camera. All those little dark grey spots. I can't imagine receiving a camera with so many. Did you buy it used or refurbished? Have you been photographing in a particularly polluted area? Do you smoke?

The white fuzzy blob in the middle does not look like dust to me. I'm not sure what it is, but I don't think it's dust. It's big enough you might be able to see it with your eyes or a magnifying glass and a flashlight by taking the lens off and looking.

Hopefully, you purchased it from a local camera store and not some big box store like Best Buy where the folks have no clue. That way you can bring the camera in and point out that it's one month old and ask what is going on with it. Maybe they can clean it and if not, send it in for you.

Hint: Remember, when looking at the sensor, the image is flipped top to bottom and reversed left to right. If looking for a dust speck in the upper right corner of a picture, you'd look lower left on the sensor. The white thingie is in the middle, though.

 

[barrym1966]

Just bought a new sony a6000 last month, so very new to the DSLR. What's is causing the white spot on the middle of the picture, I try the 16-50mm and also the 55-210mm both have the spot at the same location. There are no filter on the front, shoot at f22 with iso100. Sun glare ? not shooting toward any sunlight though. Could it be a bad sensor ?. Also have bunches of dust on the sensor since I got it, from past user experience will sony take care of that. Thanks in advance.

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/DSC00170_zpsn6kxh3ek.jpg.html

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/DSC00168_zps5gg2oec1.jpg.html

Wow, that's a lot of dust on such a new camera. All those little dark grey spots. I can't imagine receiving a camera with so many. Did you buy it used or refurbished? Have you been photographing in a particularly polluted area? Do you smoke?

The white fuzzy blob in the middle does not look like dust to me. I'm not sure what it is, but I don't think it's dust. It's big enough you might be able to see it with your eyes or a magnifying glass and a flashlight by taking the lens off and looking.

Hopefully, you purchased it from a local camera store and not some big box store like Best Buy where the folks have no clue. That way you can bring the camera in and point out that it's one month old and ask what is going on with it. Maybe they can clean it and if not, send it in for you.

Hint: Remember, when looking at the sensor, the image is flipped top to bottom and reversed left to right. If looking for a dust speck in the upper right corner of a picture, you'd look lower left on the sensor. The white thingie is in the middle, though.

 

[chuxter]

Just bought a new sony a6000 last month, so very new to the DSLR. What's is causing the white spot on the middle of the picture, I try the 16-50mm and also the 55-210mm both have the spot at the same location. There are no filter on the front, shoot at f22 with iso100. Sun glare ? not shooting toward any sunlight though. Could it be a bad sensor ?. Also have bunches of dust on the sensor since I got it, from past user experience will sony take care of that. Thanks in advance.

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/DSC00170_zpsn6kxh3ek.jpg.html

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/DSC00168_zps5gg2oec1.jpg.html

This is a mystery!

I took your 1st photo and increased the contrast and did a little NR to show everything better:




7 dust spots and one white orb?

The central orb is VERY out-of-focus. This could mean it is not near the sensor/filters. Or it could be a fuzzy smudge on the front filter.

The first thing to do is to wet clean the sensor. Until you do that, it will remain a mystery.

BTW, those dust spots have the typical white diffraction ring around them:

 

[Leonard Migliore]

Just bought a new sony a6000 last month, so very new to the DSLR. What's is causing the white spot on the middle of the picture, I try the 16-50mm and also the 55-210mm both have the spot at the same location. There are no filter on the front, shoot at f22 with iso100. Sun glare ? not shooting toward any sunlight though. Could it be a bad sensor ?. Also have bunches of dust on the sensor since I got it, from past user experience will sony take care of that. Thanks in advance.

Something dead center like that looks like an optical effect. I'd guess it's reflection off the aperture diaphragm of the lens. That's probably cured by not shooting at f/22, which is a bad idea anyway because that destroys sharpness.

What does it look like at f/8?

 

[petwon]

Thanks for all the reply, got it new online through buydig. Haven't been outside much with the camera other than taking this sky test shot, return window already close. Sony advice me to send it in to their authorized service center to have the sensor clean at my cost. I know the black dot are dust, couldn't figure out the white spot, couldn't see anything on the sensor with magnifying glass. Could it be a bad sensor ? Those picture are taken with the stock 16-50 and 55-210 lenses. I try the blower and then this sensor brush

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Now it got worse, there is a stain on it, will definitely need a wet cleaning. Practice the wet cleaning on a used sony nex5n I just got, it removes some of the spot on the nex5 but a lot of spot just won't budge. Which sensor swap and cleaner would you recommend, I gone through half of this

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Should I switch the cleaner to eclipse.

 

[petwon]

Just bought a new sony a6000 last month, so very new to the DSLR. What's is causing the white spot on the middle of the picture, I try the 16-50mm and also the 55-210mm both have the spot at the same location. There are no filter on the front, shoot at f22 with iso100. Sun glare ? not shooting toward any sunlight though. Could it be a bad sensor ?. Also have bunches of dust on the sensor since I got it, from past user experience will sony take care of that. Thanks in advance.

Something dead center like that looks like an optical effect. I'd guess it's reflection off the aperture diaphragm of the lens. That's probably cured by not shooting at f/22, which is a bad idea anyway because that destroys sharpness.

What does it look like at f/8?

 

[chuxter]

Just bought a new sony a6000 last month, so very new to the DSLR. What's is causing the white spot on the middle of the picture, I try the 16-50mm and also the 55-210mm both have the spot at the same location. There are no filter on the front, shoot at f22 with iso100. Sun glare ? not shooting toward any sunlight though. Could it be a bad sensor ?. Also have bunches of dust on the sensor since I got it, from past user experience will sony take care of that. Thanks in advance.

Something dead center like that looks like an optical effect. I'd guess it's reflection off the aperture diaphragm of the lens. That's probably cured by not shooting at f/22, which is a bad idea anyway because that destroys sharpness.

I think f/22 was trying to visualize the dust, Leonard. But by Jove, I think he's got it! Brilliant!

What does it look like at f/8?

Bigger, I'll bet. ;-)

 

[chuxter]

Thanks for all the reply, got it new online through buydig. Haven't been outside much with the camera other than taking this sky test shot, return window already close. Sony advice me to send it in to their authorized service center to have the sensor clean at my cost. I know the black dot are dust, couldn't figure out the white spot, couldn't see anything on the sensor with magnifying glass. Could it be a bad sensor ? Those picture are taken with the stock 16-50 and 55-210 lenses. I try the blower and then this sensor brush

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LQQQZQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

Now it got worse, there is a stain on it, will definitely need a wet cleaning. Practice the wet cleaning on a used sony nex5n I just got, it removes some of the spot on the nex5 but a lot of spot just won't budge. Which sensor swap and cleaner would you recommend, I gone through half of this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K8MTPEW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

Should I switch the cleaner to eclipse.

Yes, only use Eclipse.

 

[Skipper494]

At such a small aperture, I'd say that's caused by the diaphragm being almost in focus. Don't use that setting, try to stay at f8 and larger.

 

[johnroyal]

Can anyone explain the problem I am experiencing with my brand new kODAK digital camera. On some pictures but not all, white circles are appearing. They dont seem to be in the same place each time. I have cleaned the lens which has made no difference.

 

[Leonard Migliore]

Can anyone explain the problem I am experiencing with my brand new kODAK digital camera. On some pictures but not all, white circles are appearing. They dont seem to be in the same place each time. I have cleaned the lens which has made no difference.

Your problem appears to be different than what is being discussed on this thread. If you start a new thread and post a picture showing the problem, someone may offer a solution.

Do these circles only show up when you use flash?

 

[petwon]

f8 at 16mm

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f8 at 50mm

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f22 at 50mm

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f22 at 16mm

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It seems like the spot is only visible at f22 at 50-55mm, should be something to do with the lens and the lighting condition like you have suggested. It's a little cloudy today so the spot is not as bad as before. Thanks for the great advice.

 

[petwon]

Thank you all for all your great advice, I'll update on the sensor cleanliness once I received my eclipse solution, hopefully I don't screw it up. All of you have been a great help, and this is a great forums.

 

[Guidenet]

Thank you all for all your great advice, I'll update on the sensor cleanliness once I received my eclipse solution, hopefully I don't screw it up. All of you have been a great help, and this is a great forums.

If I bought a camera from Nikon and it came with so much dust I could see and it was only a month old, I would be demanding Nikon clean it at no charge. I believe they would with little prompting.

 

[chuxter]

f8 at 16mm

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/f816_zpsvn7gj7s6.jpg.html

f8 at 50mm

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/f855_zpsysrywovz.jpg.html

f22 at 50mm

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f22 at 16mm

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It seems like the spot is only visible at f22 at 50-55mm, should be something to do with the lens and the lighting condition like you have suggested. It's a little cloudy today so the spot is not as bad as before. Thanks for the great advice.

Very interesting! I have never seen a camera do that. It's obviously imaging the iris when set at 50mm and f/16. It should not do that, IMO!

To others, like Leonard and Craig: Have you ever seen this happen before w/ other cameras?

 

[lehill]

Just bought a new sony a6000 last month, so very new to the DSLR. What's is causing the white spot on the middle of the picture, I try the 16-50mm and also the 55-210mm both have the spot at the same location. There are no filter on the front, shoot at f22 with iso100. Sun glare ? not shooting toward any sunlight though. Could it be a bad sensor ?. Also have bunches of dust on the sensor since I got it, from past user experience will sony take care of that. Thanks in advance.

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/DSC00170_zpsn6kxh3ek.jpg.html

http://s910.photobucket.com/user/biogenome/media/DSC00168_zps5gg2oec1.jpg.html

The guy who published this web site would call it "sensor reflection" (though the logic of how he arrived at that conclusion is not stated). Whatever it is, the solution is not to shoot at f22:
http://thesybersite.com/minolta/sensor-reflection/

Interesting problem. What do others think?