Point taken..Correction it was at F11..but the lowest sample shot was at F/10..Im just saying I like to shoot wide open..I wish I wouldn't have stopped down and seen this..Really nervous about someone cleaning the sensor and for the dust to come right back..I heard zooms are notorious for bringing dust in..
Help!!!What is goin on in this pic?
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Horoscope Fish
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Well... I suggest you get over it because it's something every digital photographer deals with on a regular basis. Either have the sensor cleaned professionally or learn to do it yourself because it's going to need to be done and, most likely, repeated on an occasional basis. It's just the way it is. It's certainly nothing to worry about... I mean, it's not rocket surgery or anything.
As for zooms pulling in more schmutz, the old push/pull zooms were known to move air in and out of the lens body but that's not so much the case anymore and certainly not a reason to avoid using zoom lenses; much more dirt and crud enters your camera body when you swap lenses.
Getting your sensor cleaned is, simply put, "one of those things" and yours needs a cleaning. Badly.
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I would not wait to have it cleaned of clean it yourself. What if you need to shoot at f16 at some point and then you have some shots ruined by the dust spots... I'd rather have it done sooner than later. There is no reason to be nervous about it. The inside of a camera is not sealed and whatever lenses you use, you will get some particles inside.
Checking for dust at f22 is something I routinely do to my D700, 600 and 7000. About once a month. It takes me about 20 minutes to do a fine cleaning and sometimes less. It sometimes takes a few passes and sometimes just a shot with the blower will clear every one of them.