IMO if wet cleaning isn't removing it after multiple passes its prob under the filter. Check it out with a magnifying glass.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:05 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > It doesn't look like a damaged sensor to me (compared to what the > damaged spot on my K20D looks like in my images). It might be a dust > particle trapped under the anti-aliasing filter (the k5 still had the > anti-aliasing filter?), or it might just be a particularly stubborn > piece of dirt. > > Therefor C) Before I sent it off to CRIS, I'd try to find a camera > cleaning guy like the one who comes to GFM Nature Photography. If it's > just stubborn dirt that might turn out to be easily (and cheaply) fixed. > > OTOH, if having it cleaned professionally doesn't fix it, he still might > be able to tell you exactly what it is (i.e dust under the AA filter or > flaw in the sensor). > > > On 7/23/2013 11:59 AM, John Celio 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.
