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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 348009" data-attributes="member: 9240">Dust is a fact of life for a photographer.&nbsp; Learn to deal with it.&nbsp; Yes, there are cameras that develop issues, and while my eyes are getting older there is nothing in your photo that leads me to believe that there is anything wrong other than dust on the sensor.&nbsp; Whether or not you've never changed the lens, you did put the lens on once, and that's ample opportunity for dust to get it (it could have been in the lens back cap, which got it into the lens, that got it into the camera - and then there's ambient dust).&nbsp; Regardless, a rocket blower is in order, and one of the most valuable and used tools in a photographer's bag.&nbsp; I suspect that will remove most of it as none of it appears to be of a wet, permanent nature.&nbsp; There are lots of other opportunities for a camera to get dust stuck to&nbsp; the sensor once it gets in the body.&nbsp; I can't tell you how many times&nbsp; I've seen cameras lying on their backs and thought, &quot;Well, there's a&nbsp; dusty sensor thanks to gravity alone&quot;.&nbsp; And while the auto-clean&nbsp; function is nice, it doesn't work that great, particularly if you don't have the camera facing down when you use it - and then, the dust is off the sensor, but still in the chamber, so once wave of the mirror and it could be headed back to where it was.&nbsp; Blow it out.If it persists after all that, contact the place where you got it and see if they'll work with Nikon on a speedy inspection or a swap out.&nbsp; I suspect that won't be necessary.&nbsp; But in the immortal words of Douglas Adams, the most important thing is Don't Panic.&nbsp; It's not what you think.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 348009, member: 9240"] Dust is a fact of life for a photographer. Learn to deal with it. Yes, there are cameras that develop issues, and while my eyes are getting older there is [I]nothing[/I] in your photo that leads me to believe that there is anything [I]wrong[/I] other than dust on the sensor. Whether or not you've never changed the lens, you [I]did[/I] put the lens on once, and that's ample opportunity for dust to get it (it could have been in the lens back cap, which got it into the lens, that got it into the camera - and then there's ambient dust). Regardless, a rocket blower is in order, and one of the most valuable and used tools in a photographer's bag. I suspect that will remove most of it as none of it appears to be of a wet, permanent nature. There are lots of other opportunities for a camera to get dust stuck to the sensor once it gets in the body. I can't tell you how many times I've seen cameras lying on their backs and thought, "Well, there's a dusty sensor thanks to gravity alone". And while the auto-clean function is nice, it doesn't work that great, particularly if you don't have the camera facing down when you use it - and then, the dust is off the sensor, but still in the chamber, so once wave of the mirror and it could be headed back to where it was. Blow it out. If it persists after all that, contact the place where you got it and see if they'll work with Nikon on a speedy inspection or a swap out. I suspect that won't be necessary. But in the immortal words of Douglas Adams, the most important thing is [B][I]Don't Panic[/I][/B]. It's not what you think. [/QUOTE]

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