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[quote name='IanCD' timestamp='1300296201' post='6877']

Thanks for all the very helpful responses.

I phoned Nikon support as the shop advised, and Nikon have confirmed I need to send it to their service centre.

I'll leave the sensor cleaning on at startup & shut-down from now on..!

Really didn't take much use at all for this to happen..! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Ian

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It is very easily cleaned by yourself... and the sensor cleaning option of current DSLRs works a bit to a lot depending on which brand.

Film SLRs only had their film exposed to dust one photo frame per shot... back then dust did not show up like it can do now.

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[quote name='IanCD' timestamp='1300296201' post='6877']

Thanks for all the very helpful responses.

I phoned Nikon support as the shop advised, and Nikon have confirmed I need to send it to their service centre.

I'll leave the sensor cleaning on at startup & shut-down from now on..!

Really didn't take much use at all for this to happen..! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Ian

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It's totally normal for DSLRs to have dust on the sensor, Ian. And as someone mentioned, you can't get water/moisture on the sensor just be changing the lens even with the camera switched on.



I change lenses a lot on my camera and I'm pretty sloppy about where I do it, so there's a lot of dust and crap on my lenses and sensor. But in most situations it simply doesn't show up. In the f/16 against a blue sky shots, you just need to get used to using the clone tool in PS - but I bet most people's DSLRs will show dust spots in those circumstances.



If it doesn't show up in your normal shots, you should ignore it. But turn on the in-camera sensor cleaning, and blow out the sensor chamber with a hand blower (not aerosol spray).

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[quote name='Pinhole' timestamp='1300412846' post='6920']

It's totally normal for DSLRs to have dust on the sensor, Ian. And as someone mentioned, you can't get water/moisture on the sensor just be changing the lens even with the camera switched on.



I change lenses a lot on my camera and I'm pretty sloppy about where I do it, so there's a lot of dust and crap on my lenses and sensor. But in most situations it simply doesn't show up. In the f/16 against a blue sky shots, you just need to get used to using the clone tool in PS - but I bet most people's DSLRs will show dust spots in those circumstances.



If it doesn't show up in your normal shots, you should ignore it. But turn on the in-camera sensor cleaning, and blow out the sensor chamber with a hand blower (not aerosol spray).

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Hi Pinhole,

Thanks for that

I used the spot removal tool in Lightroom to get rid of those spots on the one shot I have in the gallery here... the rather boring pic of fresh rose leaves, which I'm using for my avatar just now.

Nice clear blue sky though, thanks to LR! I guess they designed that tool for just this reason..?! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Ian