calshot Posted October 10, 2011 Share #1 Posted October 10, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) If you care to look at the attached pictures you will see small spots in various places.Some picts have a few some quite a lot.Any idea what is causing them? The camera is DMC LC1 and always has the lens hood in place.Also the front element seems clean. [ATTACH]282481[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]282483[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]282482[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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earleygallery Posted October 10, 2011 Share #2 Posted October 10, 2011 Dust on your sensor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calshot Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted October 10, 2011 Not much to do about that then.Can't remove the lens. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted October 10, 2011 Share #4 Posted October 10, 2011 That's a lot of dust, sure it's not rain on the front element? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted October 10, 2011 Share #5 Posted October 10, 2011 I managed to take my Clux apart and clean dust off the sensor, but I wasn't worried about trashing it, fortunately it worked! Take it to a dealer and ask for a quote for a sensor clean (Leica dealer is probably best), or you need to make friends with the clone tool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted October 10, 2011 Share #6 Posted October 10, 2011 The dots are so regular in size, and OOF that it looks like water drops on a front filter, or lens. In my modest opinion, dust is much less regular. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted October 10, 2011 Share #7 Posted October 10, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dust would be dark. Those are bright (after a fashion). Reminds me of what I see every evening when my glasses have accumulated a day's dust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calshot Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share #8 Posted October 10, 2011 Hi all Not sure about dust on sensor.Would that not appear in every shot?This is very random.Rain it might be,although I am sure it was not raining every trip.I will clean lens and filter again.Photos of closer things do not show any such blemishes. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janki Posted October 10, 2011 Share #9 Posted October 10, 2011 Hi calshot There are dark spots against the bright sky, and bright spots against the wall of the castle. Looks a bit like the screen on one of my LCD TV’s, which has started to get pixel problems? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted October 10, 2011 Share #10 Posted October 10, 2011 Rain or mist droplets on the front of the lens or filter. The DMC-LC1 (aka Digilux 2) has a 7mm lens at the widest setting, so DoF will make spots on the front of the lens visible. (British users take note ) And of course, water evaporates, so when you check the lens later (or take more pix later) - the droplets are gone. Ahh - Bodiam! My favorite castle! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calshot Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted October 10, 2011 Andy You might have solved it for me.Because I wanted to get the tree and Castle in focus I stopped down and set focus at a much close setting.So the depth of field has probably found dust or something on the filter.So I must keep an eye on the front element. ps Shame it was a dull start when I took the pictures of Bodiam I bet some stunning shots can be made. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMCS Posted October 11, 2011 Share #12 Posted October 11, 2011 Round fuzzy spots that are translucent when you zoom in, looks like water spots on the front element/filter. Dust is usually irregular and dark. Have you tried the in camera B & W in these typical UK dull conditions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calshot Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share #13 Posted October 11, 2011 No I shoot Raw Then should I feel like it would convert to b/w in Lightroom. Might have a go with some of Bodium to see. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted October 11, 2011 Share #14 Posted October 11, 2011 I looked at this on my phone yesterday and it looked like dust, but I didn't notice the 'white' spots on the trees, and agree with others that it's more likely something on your optics. Try cleaning the lens/filter and shoot a plain subject like a plain wall or sky and see how the image looks then. Shoot at maxiumum and minimum aperture, on your widest focal length. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMCS Posted October 11, 2011 Share #15 Posted October 11, 2011 Sorry to fly off topic and you may know this: shoot in raw, set the white balance to B&W and you get the normal raw file plus a good B&W jpg. The B&W viewfinder/screen image gives a feel for the final result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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