[LRflex] Re: Water Spots?
- From: Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:53:27 +0200
Afterthought ; I've seen you were using the camera at 1600 ISO - have
you tried lower settings?
Might be weaknesses in the system - still in they tolerance range - but
that would show only when ISO is set very high- but that's just one more
guess
Phileica
David Young wrote:
>Good Mornin' All!
>
>For a reasonably busy list, it's been pretty quite the last couple of
>days... everyone taking fall holidays?
>
>Anyway, I have an odd question...
>
>I'm getting spots on my LeiCanon shots and I'd like to know what causes
>them...
>
>If you go to http://www3.telus.net/telyt and click on "Featured Photo",
>you'll see the problem.
>
>Above the Heron's head, just to the left of his eye, and half way
>between the top of his head and the top of the photo, you'll see a
>small, round, translucent gray spot. Where the feathers end, underneath
>his bill, and down just a bit, you'll see another. There are a couple
>of weaker ones... the first half way between his neck and the left side
>of the shot, about 40% of the way up from the bottom, and another in the
>dark band above it, and a bit to the right. Lastly, there is a weak one
>toward the upper left corner.
>
>To me, they look like water spots on a negative... but these are digital
>shots - so we're short one negative!
>
>I'm told that dirt on the sensor will leave white specks, as the dust
>blocks the light from the pixels. So these aren't dirt.
>
>They are in all my shots, I'm sure, but only show in the even, light
>areas. Worse, the position of the spots seems to change, between photos!
>
>They're not a problem to eliminate with the Healing tool in PS, but I
>wonder... What are they? Am I the only one to have them? And... what
>do I do about them?
>
>Any help/thoughts greatly appreciated.
>
>Cheers!
>
>
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