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Anyone ever cracked a lens to see what would be the result?

Started Dec 13, 2018 | Discussions
Ben of the North
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Anyone ever cracked a lens to see what would be the result?

Anyone ever cracked a lens to see what would be the result? Or maybe a cracked lens filter... I wonder what would be the result.

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petrochemist Veteran Member • Posts: 3,619
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Ben of the North wrote:

Anyone ever cracked a lens to see what would be the result? Or maybe a cracked lens filter... I wonder what would be the result.

I've cracked a lens filter, but it was just because the metal part had more value to me than yet another UV filter. Glass went straight in the bin.

I have seen images on line taken through smashed lenses - generally the results aren't anywhere near as bad as you'd expect.

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Ben of the North
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Or maybe i will try to put dust on the sensor of an old DSLR

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Ben of the North wrote:

Or maybe i will try to put dust on the sensor of an old DSLR

Look again -- I'm sure it's already there!

Stop down to f/22 or smaller and you'll see it everywhere... unless you just spent the last hour alternately cleaning it and checking for spots at f/45.

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YetAnotherBlender Forum Member • Posts: 96
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Ben of the North wrote:

Or maybe i will try to put dust on the sensor of an old DSLR

Drop it off at my house. We’ll leave it on the dining room table without the lens. I guarantee within a hour it’ll have dust on the sensor than you’d ever need.....    

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