March 21, 2006

Everything is dust in the wind

So I've had the new camera for what, 11 days, and already I have dust on the sensor.

Actually, I probably got the dust in there the day I bought it, because I have only had it open to put the lens on. And while I tried to do that quickly and carefully, God knows no part of my house is free of dust.

I noticed the dust today because it was aperture priority day. See this picture?

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I've circled the dust. You really see it when shooting a light background with a smaller aperture. Given my great love of blurred edges, I might not have noticed this if I hadn't been doing shots to see the specific results of each lens opening.

I am terrified to try to clean this myself. I mean, the charge hasn't even shown up on my credit card. It still has the new-camera smell. I don't want to break anything. I will call the camera shop tomorrow to see if they can clean it without my having to drop it off for a week; if not, I do know some pro photographers who probably know what they are doing, and I'll beg for their mercy.

In the meantime I'll keep taking pictures with nice blurred edges and say that's what I like.

Posted by Nic at March 21, 2006 07:36 PM | TrackBack
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