If its under the filter all they can do is replace the sensor. My older K-7 has two spots under the filter. I opted to just replace the camera vs sending it in. Replacing the sensor is about $400 FWIW. That spot is small and lower in the frame. I wouldn't worry about it too much. You probably won't even notice it unless its against a solid background or sky. As a side note, I believe rocket blowers are to blame for forcing dust under the filter. That is almost certainly how I got the 2nd piece of dust under mine. I rarely use the blower anymore and when I do, it is only small little puffs. Eventually I would like to get the pentax sensor cleaning kit that is basically a sticky pad. I hear even leica uses the same kind of kit.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:59 AM, John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: > If you take a look at the four pictures in the following gallery, you > will see two little blobs on the right side that become clearer as the > aperture is stopped down: > > http://imgur.com/a/IG40x > (to see an image at full resolution, hover your mouse over the image, > click the gear icon that appears and select "view full resolution.") > > The blob closer to the center is probably regular old dust that would > go away with a puff from a blower ball. The other blob (the darker one > closer to the right side), however, is a problem. It won't go away > with air or Sensor Swabs. I even took a risk and tried a compressed > air blast once. No dice. > > I'm worried it may be some sort of actual damage to the sensor, even > though I can't really think of anything that could have caused that. > > My question is, which of the following would you do: > > A) Send it to Pentax/CRIS and see what they say. I'm worried this will > be very expensive (as in, replace-the-sensor expensive), and I don't > have the money to spend on repairs right now. > B) Deal with it in Photoshop until a replacement for the K-5 comes > out, and then start saving to get that. (I'm nearly finished paying > off the last of my recession-incurred debts, so saving will be much > easier starting this fall) > > Other ideas would be welcome, too. > > Thanks, > John > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
