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I am getting this black spot at the same place everty time i am taking a photo. Please explain what is the issue and provide a solution for it. I am a beginner and need good advice. If needed I have some more photos of same issue.
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hey,
I am getting this black spot at the same place everty time i am taking a photo. Please explain what is the issue and provide a solution for it. I am a beginner and need good advice. If needed I have some more photos of same issue.
canon dslr landscape color-black
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hey,
I am getting this black spot at the same place everty time i am taking a photo. Please explain what is the issue and provide a solution for it. I am a beginner and need good advice. If needed I have some more photos of same issue.
canon dslr landscape color-black
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asked 4 hours ago
Vishal Lohar
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hey,
I am getting this black spot at the same place everty time i am taking a photo. Please explain what is the issue and provide a solution for it. I am a beginner and need good advice. If needed I have some more photos of same issue.
canon dslr landscape color-black
canon dslr landscape color-black
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There's probably something on the sensor - maybe a dust particle.
You can check if the Canon camera has a sensor cleaning option and use it or take the camera to a local repair shop and have the sensor cleaned there.
Or you can clean the sensor yourself, but I wouldn't recommend it, as you are a beginner.
edited 4 hours ago
osullic
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answered 4 hours ago
Alexander von Wernherr
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Also, try to avoid using very small apertures (f/11 or f/16 or even higher) until you have an opportunity to clean the sensor or get it cleaned - small apertures make dust particles on the sensor far more pronounced.
answered 3 hours ago
rackandboneman
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To investigate sensor dust, perform the following test:
- Close your aperture as much as possible.
- Increase the focal length as much as possible (zoom in).
- Focus on infinity on a bright, uniform background. The sky is good.
When I had horrible sensor dust, my result looked something like this:
After professional sensor cleaning, all looked good.
answered 57 mins ago
gerrit
486521
Do you happen to have such photos of the sky for horrible sensor dust (already shown), clearly seen sensor dust (sompething like OPs issue), "I think there's something wrong with the camera" dust, "invisible" dust and "After the professional cleaning" dust?
– Crowley
46 mins ago
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If you see the same spots on all photo this is definitely dust spot on sensor. To be precise this dust do not touch sensor itself but the filters in front of the sensor.
To clean this you can try few ways.
- Exec "Clean sensor" function on the camera. This will shake the
sensor and try to get rid of dust - Use blower to try to remove the dust. This should be done on
switched on camera and directed down the lens mount (to be sure
dust will go outside the body). Also you can activate mirror lockup
to have better access to the sensor. And also its good camera to be in liveview mode. - Send your camera to repair shop for cleaning.
- And last, try to clean the sensor by self.
answered 3 hours ago
Romeo Ninov
2,96121124
This is not a good answer. Canon cameras do not have a "shake the sensor" cleaning option. The sensor cleaning option on a Canon camera locks the mirror up and opens the shutter so that a blower to allow access to the sensor for manual cleaning. Your second step is also completely wrong, a blower down the lens mount won't do a thing for the sensor unless you've chosen the sensor cleaning option (not the mirror lockup, this won't open the shutter) on the camera to allow access to the sensor, and for this the camera has to be switched on!
– Micheal Johnson
1 hour ago
1
@MichealJohnson, no, the camera do not lockup the mirror when execute the mentioned command (point 1). For reference you can find Canon camera and power it up. About the second I agree, the camera need to be powered.
– Romeo Ninov
1 hour ago
2
@MichealJohnson The points Romeo did werent steps but rather options. And Canons do have sensor cleaning sequence. It can be triggered manually and/or set to perform automatically on power up or power down. I'd recomment option 1 and option 3. The others are sort of "Spare a buck, waste a fiver" (ahem) repairs.
– Crowley
57 mins ago
@Crowley- not all Canon cameras have the cleaning sequence-- for instance, the entry level Rebel T# (T5 for example) series does not. As far as I'm aware, once you get into the T#i (t7i for example), they all have the cleaning sequence on power on and off.
– Allen Howard
16 mins ago
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4 Answers
4
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
9
down vote
There's probably something on the sensor - maybe a dust particle.
You can check if the Canon camera has a sensor cleaning option and use it or take the camera to a local repair shop and have the sensor cleaned there.
Or you can clean the sensor yourself, but I wouldn't recommend it, as you are a beginner.
edited 4 hours ago
osullic
5,47311021
answered 4 hours ago
Alexander von Wernherr
530110
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up vote
9
down vote
There's probably something on the sensor - maybe a dust particle.
You can check if the Canon camera has a sensor cleaning option and use it or take the camera to a local repair shop and have the sensor cleaned there.
Or you can clean the sensor yourself, but I wouldn't recommend it, as you are a beginner.
edited 4 hours ago
osullic
5,47311021
answered 4 hours ago
Alexander von Wernherr
530110
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up vote
9
down vote
up vote
9
down vote
There's probably something on the sensor - maybe a dust particle.
You can check if the Canon camera has a sensor cleaning option and use it or take the camera to a local repair shop and have the sensor cleaned there.
Or you can clean the sensor yourself, but I wouldn't recommend it, as you are a beginner.
edited 4 hours ago
osullic
5,47311021
answered 4 hours ago
Alexander von Wernherr
530110
There's probably something on the sensor - maybe a dust particle.
You can check if the Canon camera has a sensor cleaning option and use it or take the camera to a local repair shop and have the sensor cleaned there.
Or you can clean the sensor yourself, but I wouldn't recommend it, as you are a beginner.
edited 4 hours ago
osullic
5,47311021
answered 4 hours ago
Alexander von Wernherr
530110
edited 4 hours ago
osullic
5,47311021
edited 4 hours ago
osullic
5,47311021
edited 4 hours ago
osullic
5,47311021
5,47311021
answered 4 hours ago
Alexander von Wernherr
530110
answered 4 hours ago
Alexander von Wernherr
530110
answered 4 hours ago
Alexander von Wernherr
530110
530110
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up vote
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Also, try to avoid using very small apertures (f/11 or f/16 or even higher) until you have an opportunity to clean the sensor or get it cleaned - small apertures make dust particles on the sensor far more pronounced.
answered 3 hours ago
rackandboneman
54918
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up vote
2
down vote
Also, try to avoid using very small apertures (f/11 or f/16 or even higher) until you have an opportunity to clean the sensor or get it cleaned - small apertures make dust particles on the sensor far more pronounced.
answered 3 hours ago
rackandboneman
54918
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Also, try to avoid using very small apertures (f/11 or f/16 or even higher) until you have an opportunity to clean the sensor or get it cleaned - small apertures make dust particles on the sensor far more pronounced.
answered 3 hours ago
rackandboneman
54918
Also, try to avoid using very small apertures (f/11 or f/16 or even higher) until you have an opportunity to clean the sensor or get it cleaned - small apertures make dust particles on the sensor far more pronounced.
answered 3 hours ago
rackandboneman
54918
answered 3 hours ago
rackandboneman
54918
answered 3 hours ago
rackandboneman
54918
answered 3 hours ago
rackandboneman
54918
54918
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up vote
2
down vote
To investigate sensor dust, perform the following test:
- Close your aperture as much as possible.
- Increase the focal length as much as possible (zoom in).
- Focus on infinity on a bright, uniform background. The sky is good.
When I had horrible sensor dust, my result looked something like this:
After professional sensor cleaning, all looked good.
answered 57 mins ago
gerrit
486521
Do you happen to have such photos of the sky for horrible sensor dust (already shown), clearly seen sensor dust (sompething like OPs issue), "I think there's something wrong with the camera" dust, "invisible" dust and "After the professional cleaning" dust?
– Crowley
46 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
To investigate sensor dust, perform the following test:
- Close your aperture as much as possible.
- Increase the focal length as much as possible (zoom in).
- Focus on infinity on a bright, uniform background. The sky is good.
When I had horrible sensor dust, my result looked something like this:
After professional sensor cleaning, all looked good.
answered 57 mins ago
gerrit
486521
Do you happen to have such photos of the sky for horrible sensor dust (already shown), clearly seen sensor dust (sompething like OPs issue), "I think there's something wrong with the camera" dust, "invisible" dust and "After the professional cleaning" dust?
– Crowley
46 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
To investigate sensor dust, perform the following test:
- Close your aperture as much as possible.
- Increase the focal length as much as possible (zoom in).
- Focus on infinity on a bright, uniform background. The sky is good.
When I had horrible sensor dust, my result looked something like this:
After professional sensor cleaning, all looked good.
answered 57 mins ago
gerrit
486521
To investigate sensor dust, perform the following test:
- Close your aperture as much as possible.
- Increase the focal length as much as possible (zoom in).
- Focus on infinity on a bright, uniform background. The sky is good.
When I had horrible sensor dust, my result looked something like this:
After professional sensor cleaning, all looked good.
answered 57 mins ago
gerrit
486521
answered 57 mins ago
gerrit
486521
answered 57 mins ago
gerrit
486521
answered 57 mins ago
gerrit
486521
486521
Do you happen to have such photos of the sky for horrible sensor dust (already shown), clearly seen sensor dust (sompething like OPs issue), "I think there's something wrong with the camera" dust, "invisible" dust and "After the professional cleaning" dust?
– Crowley
46 mins ago
add a comment |Â
Do you happen to have such photos of the sky for horrible sensor dust (already shown), clearly seen sensor dust (sompething like OPs issue), "I think there's something wrong with the camera" dust, "invisible" dust and "After the professional cleaning" dust?
– Crowley
46 mins ago
Do you happen to have such photos of the sky for horrible sensor dust (already shown), clearly seen sensor dust (sompething like OPs issue), "I think there's something wrong with the camera" dust, "invisible" dust and "After the professional cleaning" dust?
– Crowley
46 mins ago
Do you happen to have such photos of the sky for horrible sensor dust (already shown), clearly seen sensor dust (sompething like OPs issue), "I think there's something wrong with the camera" dust, "invisible" dust and "After the professional cleaning" dust?
– Crowley
46 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
If you see the same spots on all photo this is definitely dust spot on sensor. To be precise this dust do not touch sensor itself but the filters in front of the sensor.
To clean this you can try few ways.
- Exec "Clean sensor" function on the camera. This will shake the
sensor and try to get rid of dust - Use blower to try to remove the dust. This should be done on
switched on camera and directed down the lens mount (to be sure
dust will go outside the body). Also you can activate mirror lockup
to have better access to the sensor. And also its good camera to be in liveview mode. - Send your camera to repair shop for cleaning.
- And last, try to clean the sensor by self.
answered 3 hours ago
Romeo Ninov
2,96121124
This is not a good answer. Canon cameras do not have a "shake the sensor" cleaning option. The sensor cleaning option on a Canon camera locks the mirror up and opens the shutter so that a blower to allow access to the sensor for manual cleaning. Your second step is also completely wrong, a blower down the lens mount won't do a thing for the sensor unless you've chosen the sensor cleaning option (not the mirror lockup, this won't open the shutter) on the camera to allow access to the sensor, and for this the camera has to be switched on!
– Micheal Johnson
1 hour ago
1
@MichealJohnson, no, the camera do not lockup the mirror when execute the mentioned command (point 1). For reference you can find Canon camera and power it up. About the second I agree, the camera need to be powered.
– Romeo Ninov
1 hour ago
2
@MichealJohnson The points Romeo did werent steps but rather options. And Canons do have sensor cleaning sequence. It can be triggered manually and/or set to perform automatically on power up or power down. I'd recomment option 1 and option 3. The others are sort of "Spare a buck, waste a fiver" (ahem) repairs.
– Crowley
57 mins ago
@Crowley- not all Canon cameras have the cleaning sequence-- for instance, the entry level Rebel T# (T5 for example) series does not. As far as I'm aware, once you get into the T#i (t7i for example), they all have the cleaning sequence on power on and off.
– Allen Howard
16 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
If you see the same spots on all photo this is definitely dust spot on sensor. To be precise this dust do not touch sensor itself but the filters in front of the sensor.
To clean this you can try few ways.
- Exec "Clean sensor" function on the camera. This will shake the
sensor and try to get rid of dust - Use blower to try to remove the dust. This should be done on
switched on camera and directed down the lens mount (to be sure
dust will go outside the body). Also you can activate mirror lockup
to have better access to the sensor. And also its good camera to be in liveview mode. - Send your camera to repair shop for cleaning.
- And last, try to clean the sensor by self.
answered 3 hours ago
Romeo Ninov
2,96121124
This is not a good answer. Canon cameras do not have a "shake the sensor" cleaning option. The sensor cleaning option on a Canon camera locks the mirror up and opens the shutter so that a blower to allow access to the sensor for manual cleaning. Your second step is also completely wrong, a blower down the lens mount won't do a thing for the sensor unless you've chosen the sensor cleaning option (not the mirror lockup, this won't open the shutter) on the camera to allow access to the sensor, and for this the camera has to be switched on!
– Micheal Johnson
1 hour ago
1
@MichealJohnson, no, the camera do not lockup the mirror when execute the mentioned command (point 1). For reference you can find Canon camera and power it up. About the second I agree, the camera need to be powered.
– Romeo Ninov
1 hour ago
2
@MichealJohnson The points Romeo did werent steps but rather options. And Canons do have sensor cleaning sequence. It can be triggered manually and/or set to perform automatically on power up or power down. I'd recomment option 1 and option 3. The others are sort of "Spare a buck, waste a fiver" (ahem) repairs.
– Crowley
57 mins ago
@Crowley- not all Canon cameras have the cleaning sequence-- for instance, the entry level Rebel T# (T5 for example) series does not. As far as I'm aware, once you get into the T#i (t7i for example), they all have the cleaning sequence on power on and off.
– Allen Howard
16 mins ago
add a comment |Â
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0
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up vote
0
down vote
If you see the same spots on all photo this is definitely dust spot on sensor. To be precise this dust do not touch sensor itself but the filters in front of the sensor.
To clean this you can try few ways.
- Exec "Clean sensor" function on the camera. This will shake the
sensor and try to get rid of dust - Use blower to try to remove the dust. This should be done on
switched on camera and directed down the lens mount (to be sure
dust will go outside the body). Also you can activate mirror lockup
to have better access to the sensor. And also its good camera to be in liveview mode. - Send your camera to repair shop for cleaning.
- And last, try to clean the sensor by self.
answered 3 hours ago
Romeo Ninov
2,96121124
If you see the same spots on all photo this is definitely dust spot on sensor. To be precise this dust do not touch sensor itself but the filters in front of the sensor.
To clean this you can try few ways.
- Exec "Clean sensor" function on the camera. This will shake the
sensor and try to get rid of dust - Use blower to try to remove the dust. This should be done on
switched on camera and directed down the lens mount (to be sure
dust will go outside the body). Also you can activate mirror lockup
to have better access to the sensor. And also its good camera to be in liveview mode. - Send your camera to repair shop for cleaning.
- And last, try to clean the sensor by self.
answered 3 hours ago
Romeo Ninov
2,96121124
edited 1 hour ago
answered 3 hours ago
Romeo Ninov
2,96121124
answered 3 hours ago
Romeo Ninov
2,96121124
answered 3 hours ago
Romeo Ninov
2,96121124
2,96121124
This is not a good answer. Canon cameras do not have a "shake the sensor" cleaning option. The sensor cleaning option on a Canon camera locks the mirror up and opens the shutter so that a blower to allow access to the sensor for manual cleaning. Your second step is also completely wrong, a blower down the lens mount won't do a thing for the sensor unless you've chosen the sensor cleaning option (not the mirror lockup, this won't open the shutter) on the camera to allow access to the sensor, and for this the camera has to be switched on!
– Micheal Johnson
1 hour ago
1
@MichealJohnson, no, the camera do not lockup the mirror when execute the mentioned command (point 1). For reference you can find Canon camera and power it up. About the second I agree, the camera need to be powered.
– Romeo Ninov
1 hour ago
2
@MichealJohnson The points Romeo did werent steps but rather options. And Canons do have sensor cleaning sequence. It can be triggered manually and/or set to perform automatically on power up or power down. I'd recomment option 1 and option 3. The others are sort of "Spare a buck, waste a fiver" (ahem) repairs.
– Crowley
57 mins ago
@Crowley- not all Canon cameras have the cleaning sequence-- for instance, the entry level Rebel T# (T5 for example) series does not. As far as I'm aware, once you get into the T#i (t7i for example), they all have the cleaning sequence on power on and off.
– Allen Howard
16 mins ago
add a comment |Â
This is not a good answer. Canon cameras do not have a "shake the sensor" cleaning option. The sensor cleaning option on a Canon camera locks the mirror up and opens the shutter so that a blower to allow access to the sensor for manual cleaning. Your second step is also completely wrong, a blower down the lens mount won't do a thing for the sensor unless you've chosen the sensor cleaning option (not the mirror lockup, this won't open the shutter) on the camera to allow access to the sensor, and for this the camera has to be switched on!
– Micheal Johnson
1 hour ago
1
@MichealJohnson, no, the camera do not lockup the mirror when execute the mentioned command (point 1). For reference you can find Canon camera and power it up. About the second I agree, the camera need to be powered.
– Romeo Ninov
1 hour ago
2
@MichealJohnson The points Romeo did werent steps but rather options. And Canons do have sensor cleaning sequence. It can be triggered manually and/or set to perform automatically on power up or power down. I'd recomment option 1 and option 3. The others are sort of "Spare a buck, waste a fiver" (ahem) repairs.
– Crowley
57 mins ago
@Crowley- not all Canon cameras have the cleaning sequence-- for instance, the entry level Rebel T# (T5 for example) series does not. As far as I'm aware, once you get into the T#i (t7i for example), they all have the cleaning sequence on power on and off.
– Allen Howard
16 mins ago
This is not a good answer. Canon cameras do not have a "shake the sensor" cleaning option. The sensor cleaning option on a Canon camera locks the mirror up and opens the shutter so that a blower to allow access to the sensor for manual cleaning. Your second step is also completely wrong, a blower down the lens mount won't do a thing for the sensor unless you've chosen the sensor cleaning option (not the mirror lockup, this won't open the shutter) on the camera to allow access to the sensor, and for this the camera has to be switched on!
– Micheal Johnson
1 hour ago
This is not a good answer. Canon cameras do not have a "shake the sensor" cleaning option. The sensor cleaning option on a Canon camera locks the mirror up and opens the shutter so that a blower to allow access to the sensor for manual cleaning. Your second step is also completely wrong, a blower down the lens mount won't do a thing for the sensor unless you've chosen the sensor cleaning option (not the mirror lockup, this won't open the shutter) on the camera to allow access to the sensor, and for this the camera has to be switched on!
– Micheal Johnson
1 hour ago
1
1
@MichealJohnson, no, the camera do not lockup the mirror when execute the mentioned command (point 1). For reference you can find Canon camera and power it up. About the second I agree, the camera need to be powered.
– Romeo Ninov
1 hour ago
@MichealJohnson, no, the camera do not lockup the mirror when execute the mentioned command (point 1). For reference you can find Canon camera and power it up. About the second I agree, the camera need to be powered.
– Romeo Ninov
1 hour ago
2
2
@MichealJohnson The points Romeo did werent steps but rather options. And Canons do have sensor cleaning sequence. It can be triggered manually and/or set to perform automatically on power up or power down. I'd recomment option 1 and option 3. The others are sort of "Spare a buck, waste a fiver" (ahem) repairs.
– Crowley
57 mins ago
@MichealJohnson The points Romeo did werent steps but rather options. And Canons do have sensor cleaning sequence. It can be triggered manually and/or set to perform automatically on power up or power down. I'd recomment option 1 and option 3. The others are sort of "Spare a buck, waste a fiver" (ahem) repairs.
– Crowley
57 mins ago
@Crowley- not all Canon cameras have the cleaning sequence-- for instance, the entry level Rebel T# (T5 for example) series does not. As far as I'm aware, once you get into the T#i (t7i for example), they all have the cleaning sequence on power on and off.
– Allen Howard
16 mins ago
@Crowley- not all Canon cameras have the cleaning sequence-- for instance, the entry level Rebel T# (T5 for example) series does not. As far as I'm aware, once you get into the T#i (t7i for example), they all have the cleaning sequence on power on and off.
– Allen Howard
16 mins ago
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