well i tried cleaning the sensor, however because i can only see the spots on the sky, i'm going to have to wait to test it. we are supposed to get around 2 inches of rain today here in nyc.
thanks for all the help arnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:56 PM Subject: Re: artifacts > Hello arnie, > > Looks very much like dust on the sensor. I had one dust spot on mine. > It could easily be seen by setting on B and holding the shutter open. > A small puff of air took care of it for me. > > My friend's Nikon D100 had the exact same issue. 2 or 3 spots on his. > Since I had just cleared mine, he showed me a couple of shots and I > spotted it right away. He checked and sure enough - dust. Again, for > him just a puff or two of air cleaned it. > > Bruce > > > > Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 4:58:40 PM, you wrote: > > a> i got this problem on my istD that happens with all my lenses. there are > a> about 5-14 (depends on type of picture) dark spots appear. its not the lens > a> because they appear in the exact same position every time. it also seems to > a> show up worse on blue sky than anything else. > > a> i put the worst one as a full size jpg exactly as it came off the card > a> online http://www.xdstech.com/istd/IMGP0522.JPG > > a> the shot was taken with the fa 135mm 2.8 > a> 1/3000 > a> f13 > > a> it was shot with the sun just at the edge of the roof. i count 13 spots > a> (some quite faint and some glaring) > > a> any idea what it might be? dirt on the sensor? > > a> arnie > > > >
