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May 02, 2013 20:25 |  #1

I have to as a technical cleaning question. I have a kenko 1.4 extender, I have used it several times and never noticed until I did a whit back drop shot that it appeared to have a blemish that was showing in my pics.

I removed the extender and shot with out it and confirmed he blemish is being produced by the extender. I have tried several attempt of just cleaning it off with the cloth and have had no luck. What should I do? I am unsure of any other way to clean it other than the front and rear glass. Any help appreciated.


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May 02, 2013 20:47 |  #2

Do you see something in the optical path that is large? If not, you just have a dirty sensor.


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May 02, 2013 22:27 |  #3

It isnt the sensor. I take the extender off and the blemish is not visible. That is how I came to the deduction that it was the extender. I take it off and the pics are clear I put it on and the image has a small spider shaped blemish almost to wards the center top of the photo. It is in the same place once the extender is connected.


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May 02, 2013 22:46 |  #4

Shine a flashlight through the extender off the camera and see if there is anything obstructing.


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May 02, 2013 23:29 |  #5

ok going to go and try that right now...
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May 02, 2013 23:40 |  #6

I tried that and I cant see anything. I cleaned the extender with the cloth and put it back on and snapped a few shots where my clock is with a white back ground. The blemish is still there but not visible to my eye even with the flash light.


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May 02, 2013 23:51 |  #7

I took some other pics and now believe it is the camera itself. Not to sure on how to clean that out but I guess I will be learning. I mean I can always crop the pic and take that marking out since it is so close to the middle edge of the pictures but I really would prefer if I didnt have to do that and the picture was clear and clean.


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May 03, 2013 00:45 |  #8

Turned out it wasnt the exteder and it was the sensor. I looked up how to clean the baby and the pics are now clear.
Thanks for the replies guys I really appreciate the help.

Rick


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