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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / February 2008Cleaning my D3 sensor / Arctic Butterfly
As one who's upgraded over the years from a D100 to a D2Xs and now to a D3, my D3 seems to be much more prone to dust on the sensor. I've dealt with it before and sensor cleaning was easy and worked quite well using a simple ear syringe along with Nikon's recommended cleaning process using the EH-6 AC Adapter. The dust spots seem harder to get rid of on my D3 using this same exact process. Have other D3 owners noticed the same? One more question: Samys Camera here in Los Angeles recommended the "Arctic Butterfly" sensor cleaner. Has anyone tried it, and if so, what has your experience been? Thanks, John > As one who's upgraded over the years from a D100 to a D2Xs and now to a D3, > my D3 seems to be much more prone to dust on the sensor. Pretty much what the Canon FF users found. Ironic though, given diffraction as an issue is less of a problem on a large sensor camera than a smaller one, yet dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF images. ... dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF > images. What's FF? Is it really that difficult and time-consuming to spell it out? Pretty soon we'll all be speaking in acronyms. jfud hfgt aj ngh? > ... dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF >> images. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > jfud hfgt aj ngh? People keep calling a digital single lens reflex camera a "DSLR", bloody frustrating! FF = Full Frame (sensor) as opposed to DX format. Nikon actually uses the acronym "FX" for their full frame sensor, but it's usually abbreviated to FF. > ... dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF >> images. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > jfud hfgt aj ngh? > ... dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > jfud hfgt aj ngh? FF = Full Frame is an unfortunate designation. The real definition should be 35mm sensor size, as FF is purely arbitrary, based on a FILM standard from 1911. The old geezers of the photo community would cry like childen if some company released a different size (larger) because their ancient legacy film lenses would no longer work. There ARE larger sizes you young dweeb. It's called medium format, large format. Ever seen a 20x24 large format FILM camera. Now, there's some Gigapixels! Get educated: http://wisner.com/Page13.html >> ... dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > company released a different size (larger) because their ancient > legacy film lenses would no longer work. >> ... dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >company released a different size (larger) because their ancient >legacy film lenses would no longer work. You may be surprised to learn that there are several medium and large format digital cameras on the market. Hasselblad, Rollei, Mamiya, Fuji, Leaf, Phase One, BetterLight, Imacon to name a few. Not that you would let facts get in the way of one of your idiotic rants..... TR >>> ... dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF >>> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > TR You forgot to point out that Oscar Barnack didn't sell his camera commercially until somewhere around 1927.  SignatureNeil reverse ra and delete l Linux user 335851 >> What's FF? > >FF = Full Frame is an unfortunate designation. The real definition >should be 35mm sensor size, as FF is purely arbitrary, based on a FILM >standard from 1911. The real designation is Kleinbildformat as it was used in 1913 by Oskar Barnack when he developed the very first Leica camera for Leitz. The literal translation would be small picture/image format which matches very nicely with the terms medium frame and large frame camera. jue Vielen Dank Herr Jurgen! Ganz nett von dir! >>> What's FF? >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > jue > Vielen Dank Herr Jurgen! Ganz nett von dir! Ach, Du sprichst auch Deutsch? > >>> What's FF? > >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > The literal translation would be small picture/image format which matches > > very nicely with the terms medium frame and large frame camera. Kleinbildformat, Spiegelreflexkamera, Objektiv und so weiter:-) -- Tzortzakakis Dimitrios major in electrical engineering mechanized infantry reservist hordad AT otenet DOT gr Jürgen, Genau meiner Freund, aber es ist eine sehr lange Zeit seit Ich Deutsch gesprochen habe! Ich habe in Goettingen in 1972-1973 als ein Student der "University of California Education Abroad Program" studierte. Es war eine ausgezeichnete Erlebnis, aber meine Vortschatz ist nur so Schwach! I hope I didn't say anything TOO stupid above. <s> I would love to find a way to revice my German here in southern California! Tschuss! >> Vielen Dank Herr Jurgen! Ganz nett von dir! >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > mechanized infantry reservist > hordad AT otenet DOT gr > I would love to find a >way to revice my German here in southern California! This is getting vastly off topic, but if you are serious then you may want to check if there is a Goethe Institute somewhere in your neighbourhood. Also, Silicon Valley with all the high-tech immigrants should have a pretty strong German community, too. jue Once again, many thanks! >> I would love to find a >>way to revice my German here in southern California! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > jue >Also, Silicon Valley with all the high-tech immigrants should have a pretty >strong German community, too. Some Germans live in Silicon Valley but they are hard to find, because their English is generally so good. Father Kodak > Jürgen, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Tschuss! Listen to a German radio or TV station over the Internet? Better than nothing.... Cheers, David > ... dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF >> images. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Pretty soon we'll all be speaking in acronyms. Naw, we just use what works. Sensor cleaning made easy. <http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2006/sensor.htm> Rita Rita, You're a hoot! Cheers, Alan >> ... dust (visible dust) seems to be worse with FF >>> images. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Rita |
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