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Apr 28, 2012 23:08 |  #16

tkbslc wrote in post #14346079 (external link)
f32? :lol:

Yeah. You can't get a sensor clean enough to not see spots at 100% and f32...

whew :P thank you! Could you by chance tell me what f stop I should be concerned about if I see spots?

I really appreciate you guys helping alleviate my stress. Nothing I hate more than having to worry about expensive equipment :p


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Apr 28, 2012 23:17 |  #17

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whew :P thank you! Could you by chance tell me what f stop I should be concerned about if I see spots?

I don't worry about it until I start seeing spots with the apertures I use on a daily basis to get my photos. Once the dust starts affecting my "real world" photos, I'll start to get the motivation to clean up the sensor.....and even then I may just clone the spots for a while :)




  
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Apr 28, 2012 23:17 |  #18

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whew :P thank you! Could you by chance tell me what f stop I should be concerned about if I see spots?

I really appreciate you guys helping alleviate my stress. Nothing I hate more than having to worry about expensive equipment :p

there's never an instance you should be 'concerned ' about sensor dust...when it actually starts affecting your typical shots though you should have your sensor cleaned...or try and blow the dust off with a rocket blower...

sometimes they'll pop up at f8/11 or so, and in which case you'll want to clean it off...but it's never anything to really worry about


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Apr 28, 2012 23:23 |  #19

You guys are all VERY helpful and knowledgeable. THANK YOU VERY much for helping me with this. I'm glad I was able to find a forum with kind members willing to help me out while getting into my new hobby.

Again, I REALLY appreciate it.


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Apr 28, 2012 23:24 |  #20

tkbslc wrote in post #14346079 (external link)
f32? :lol:

Yeah. You can't get a sensor clean enough to not see spots at 100% and f32...

Actually..EXIF says f/36, though i didn't think that lens went any narrower than f/32. :lol:


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Apr 29, 2012 00:07 as a reply to  @ 1Tanker's post |  #21

Besides, you generally don't want to shoot at a smaller aperture than f/11 or maybe f/16 anyway because of lens diffraction.

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Apr 29, 2012 00:26 |  #22

fyi the dust you circled in red is dust on the sensor and not the dust on the lens as indicated by your first picture. You have to manually clean your sensor to get rid of the dust there through the sensor cleaning function.


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