spot on nikon d70 pictures... what could be the problem

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whypraty@gmail.com - 28 Apr 2006 00:30 GMT

Hi -
My d70 just came out of the 1 year warranty period - and I realized
that all the pictures have a spot on the upper right corner

http://static.flickr.com/10/16246201_6bb833eb79_m.jpg

in the above pic of downtown chicago, the spot close to the top right
corner appears in every picture since I purchased the camera.

As expected, the spot is blurred in the original (large) picture.
http://static.flickr.com/10/16246201_6bb833eb79_o.jpg

I am not an expert, but I guess this could be dust on the sensor on
which the image forms. i do not see any spot through the viewfinder.

is there a way i can get it cleaned? my experience with nikon service
people has been terrible (their phone no is always unreachable). any
advice would be appreciated.

thanks folks - and happy shooting
Pratyoosh

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BobFlint@spamnomore.ca - 28 Apr 2006 01:13 GMT

>Hi -
>My d70 just came out of the 1 year warranty period - and I realized
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>thanks folks - and happy shooting
>Pratyoosh

You got a dust bunny living on your sensor!!

I had the same when the camera was new - lucky I saw it and returned the camera
for another one...

Now I have a few more, after some 4500 shots... you can sometimes blow them off
with an air bulb. (the kind you get to shoot medicine into your ear works
well...)

Other people use a special CLEAN brush or swab. DON"T use a Qtip!

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Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) - 28 Apr 2006 01:28 GMT

>Hi -
>My d70 just came out of the 1 year warranty period - and I realized
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>I am not an expert, but I guess this could be dust on the sensor on
>which the image forms. i do not see any spot through the viewfinder.

Sort of. if you look at it closely it is a circular object. I found the
same on my D70 when new.

>is there a way i can get it cleaned? my experience with nikon service
>people has been terrible (their phone no is always unreachable). any
>advice would be appreciated.

Clean it yourself it's not that hard.
http://www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning
--
Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet2@EdwardG.Ruf.com)
http://EdwardGRuf.com

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Jeff Heyen - 28 Apr 2006 03:47 GMT

> Hi -
> My d70 just came out of the 1 year warranty period - and I realized
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> thanks folks - and happy shooting
> Pratyoosh

Pratyoosh,

In addition to the Copper Hill site that Ed suggested you check out,
check out: http://www.visibledust.com/

Between the two sites you should have enough info and tools to
get that dust off your sensor (actually I believe it's a low pass filter
over the sensor - if it isn't I'm sure someone will straighten me out <g>).

Jeff

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larrylook - 28 Apr 2006 03:49 GMT

Do a google search of
D70 "dust on the sensor" giotto
And do some reading:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GWYA,GWYA:2006-06,G
WYA:en&q=D70+%22dust+on+the+sensor%22+giotto

> Hi -
> My d70 just came out of the 1 year warranty period - and I realized
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> thanks folks - and happy shooting
> Pratyoosh

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Celcius - 28 Apr 2006 12:20 GMT

My God!
It's a UFO ;-)))
Just kidding of course.
If I were you, I wouldn't do anything. It's just ones speck of dust.
Using the blower might make it worse (dust in the chamber). You should
wait till it gets worse. You can always correct it with Photoshop when
it is apparent.
If you must use a blower, make sure you blow a few times around the
lens in order to get rid of the dust in the blower as well as around
the lens. Be sure you do this in a place where there is little dust and
good lighting. On some of the Canons, there is a sensor cleaning"
position on the menu. See what Nikon does.
Marcel

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