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<blockquote data-quote="D200freak" data-source="post: 532354" data-attributes="member: 41018"><p>Dust on the lens can NOT be in focus. If you have well defined dust dots, then that dust is in a focal plane, period. It literally can NOT be any other way.</p><p></p><p>Is there an internal focal plane inside the lens that the dust could be present in? Yes, that is possible. But it's not possible for you to get dust on the front lens that you can focus on. People have shot good photos with front lens elements that were cracked and broken and held in place only by the locking ring in the front of the lens, and you couldn't see it in the pictures. </p><p></p><p>I myself would disassemble a lens for cleaning if it did have serious dust and dirt issues, but I've learned how to work on lenses, although I am self taught. You could be, too, if you wanted to. You could buy a few busted 18-55s off ebay along with a lens spanner wrench and a small jeweler's screwdriver kit and learn on busted lenses. That's pretty much what I did. </p><p></p><p>It'd cost you less for the tools and a busted learner lens than it'd cost you to have the lens sent out for a professional cleaning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D200freak, post: 532354, member: 41018"] Dust on the lens can NOT be in focus. If you have well defined dust dots, then that dust is in a focal plane, period. It literally can NOT be any other way. Is there an internal focal plane inside the lens that the dust could be present in? Yes, that is possible. But it's not possible for you to get dust on the front lens that you can focus on. People have shot good photos with front lens elements that were cracked and broken and held in place only by the locking ring in the front of the lens, and you couldn't see it in the pictures. I myself would disassemble a lens for cleaning if it did have serious dust and dirt issues, but I've learned how to work on lenses, although I am self taught. You could be, too, if you wanted to. You could buy a few busted 18-55s off ebay along with a lens spanner wrench and a small jeweler's screwdriver kit and learn on busted lenses. That's pretty much what I did. It'd cost you less for the tools and a busted learner lens than it'd cost you to have the lens sent out for a professional cleaning. [/QUOTE]
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