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jbedford
14th of February 2010 (Sun), 18:58
When I shoot against dark backgrounds with my flash enabled, I get fuzzy artifacts that show up in my images. It happens all the time - indoors, outdoors. Somewhere on the image there will be at least one fuzzy snowflake like blur on my image.

Is this really dust in the air, or is there dirt or dust on the sensor or inside of the camera. It is really annoying, because it has distorted some really good shots.

My G10 is coming up on the end of the warranty. Is it worth while sending it to Canon to have a look? What should I tell them to do, or to look for?

Help?



JB
Gatorboy
14th of February 2010 (Sun), 19:07
How about posting a sample image?
itmfl
15th of February 2010 (Mon), 10:38
might be dust on the lens, which would be an easy fix
jbedford
15th of February 2010 (Mon), 11:07
Here are a few shots - I have circled the spots.


Jason
jbedford
15th of February 2010 (Mon), 11:13
Here are a few more shots.

JB
jbedford
15th of February 2010 (Mon), 11:14
It happens inside, outside, during the day, and at night.

Most of my shots if not all of them with flash have some sort of snowflake in the shot.

Help?


JB
jbedford
15th of February 2010 (Mon), 11:16
might be dust on the lens, which would be an easy fix

On the inside or the outside of the lens?

I have cleaned the outside of the lens with a microfibre cloth, and it does not look like there is dust on the outside.

Help?


JB
lefturn99
15th of February 2010 (Mon), 13:34
Might be lens flare. Make a hood out of a roll of paper and see if that helps. Many, but not all of those have a very bright light in the frame.

If it doesn't have spots in daylight, I wouldn't think it would be dust. Besides, dust should be darker rather than lighter.