Any way to remove spots from lens interior?

[ergalthema]

I recently noticed a couple spots on all my photos. I can see them when looking at the camera LCD preview. The spots become more apparent as I zoom in.

I've cleaned the outside lens with a microfiber cloth, and it doesn't help. I've tried blasting air into the lens sections, but that didn't do anything either.

Is there any way I can try to clean the inside of the lens?

I purchased the camera in December 2015.

 

[Michael Fritzen]

Hi,

not very likely that you'd be able to see dust on any surface on or inside the lens as dust spots on your images. This is usually dust on the sensor surface itself.

If the cam in your profile is your current cam then I have no advice for you how to get rid of such dust on the sensor. On system cams with exchangeable lenses the sensor is accessible for cleaning - but for this reason those cams usually get also easier dust on the sensor.

 

[ergalthema]

I zoomed in and stuck the lens part into a vacuum cleaner hose. It sucked out the dust!

 

[photonius]

I recently noticed a couple spots on all my photos. I can see them when looking at the camera LCD preview. The spots become more apparent as I zoom in.

I've cleaned the outside lens with a microfiber cloth, and it doesn't help. I've tried blasting air into the lens sections, but that didn't do anything either.

Is there any way I can try to clean the inside of the lens?

I purchased the camera in December 2015.

Sensor dust. Happened twice with an HX30 camera, each time sent to Sony under warranty complain how it could be that a closed travel camera has sensor dust, it should be sealed.

But it seems to be a trend that the cameras are not properly sealed.

 

[KBTinto]

I recently noticed a couple spots on all my photos. I can see them when looking at the camera LCD preview. The spots become more apparent as I zoom in.

I've cleaned the outside lens with a microfiber cloth, and it doesn't help. I've tried blasting air into the lens sections, but that didn't do anything either.

Is there any way I can try to clean the inside of the lens?

I purchased the camera in December 2015.

Sensor dust. Happened twice with an HX30 camera, each time sent to Sony under warranty complain how it could be that a closed travel camera has sensor dust, it should be sealed.

But it seems to be a trend that the cameras are not properly sealed.

 

[cheesetor]

Hi there,

Just subscribed to this forum to answer this. After a few unsuccessful attempts to remove dust from my RX100 lens (blowing air into it, using a vacuum cleaner, shaking it...), I actually managed to get rid of it by disassembling the camera (last resort attempt for me before buying a new camera, so I didn't mind breaking it so much).

You can use this tutorial to get you all the way to the CCD and first lens (counting from the inside) :

Then you can remove the big outside cable and all the screws around the lens to pry it open and access the inner lenses. Took me two hours of trial and error, and I had to do it several times in a row because a speck of dust would always get inside the lens before I could seal the CCD back in place... but now my 5 year old RX100 is good as new again!