My original message: Hello everybody- I want to buy myself a digital slr (have a Fuji 7000 and use sometime a Nikon in the studio) but I have read various articles where people complain about dustproblems. Obviously if you try to clean it yourself you might get warranty problems. ...
you asked: Which author/article are you talking about? Alex, the author and article was in 'Digital Camera Magazine' and written by the hotline network editor Aidan O'Rourke. I quote: As for the problem of dust on the sensor, I've discovered this is an inherent flaw of digital SLR cameras with interchangeable lenses. ... With nearly all DSLR's, the minute you take oo the lens, dust, fluff, droplets and anything else flying around in the air at the time will enter the camera and stick to the sensor- or more exactly the low pass filter, which protects the actual CCD. Unlike film the sensor is permanently fixed and the dust stays there.... There's no way tostop dust sticking to the sensor apart from using one lens and never removing it. It only takes a few seconds to remove the dust and specks in PS. Then he gives an explanation how to clean your sensor 'but be aware that carrying out this procedure may affect your warranty' So this doesn't sound very good? Does it mean I have to clean the sensor on a daily/ weekly basis- I would find it very annoying if I had to live with specks and dust on my images all the time. I can then as well just scan slides...I always found the dust problem very annoying when scaning slides even with ICE. Stefanie Kappel ARPS Photography & Digital Imaging www.stefaniekappel.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
