I have some dust on the inside front glass, where would I look to get the lens cleaned ? UK Based
Its my 24-85 Nikon ED non VR so still worth £200 so I dont really want to put it aside and not use it,
Dust will not show in photos and is really not worth worrying about. See this:
LensRentals.com - Front Element Scratches
In your case the best course of action is to keep on shooting and quit worrying.
I would agree but in all long exposures it is very prominent and needs a decent amount of retouching at the moment
Exposure time cannot have anything to do with it. My guess is you are using small aperture, in which case the culprit most likely is sensor dust. Try with the smallest aperture with several lenses and compare the location of the dust spots. If they stay in one place, clean the sensor.
Its certainly not sensor dust (clean it myself ) and the fact I can see the dust in the front element of the lens and it tallies up to where it is on the picture tells me it is the lens dust showing up, psst only have this issue on one lens hence asking where I would go to get it cleaned
The reason why I posted that your dust has to be really unique kind since never in the 30+ years and 50+ lenses I own have I witnessed such a thing, nor have I ever heard of such a thing. I was trying to open the door to a possibility of another source, but since you already have eliminated other possibilities, I was a nuisance. Sorry.
I would very much like to see an unedited image where this front-element dust is showing up.
I did a quick Google search for UK lens repairs, and came up with the following. Perhaps contact some of these to get estimates. Then maybe you can decide whether it is worth getting repaired or invest in another lens.
https://www.google.com/webhp?source...v=2&ie=UTF-8#q=uk+nikon+lens+cleaning+service
One company is called Fixation which claims to repair Nikon products (but you should look into reviews for them to see how they are rated).
Here is the dust :
nikon (1 of 1)-2 by Darren Fellows, on Flickr
As you can see there is quite a bit in there! Now I brought this second hand
Here is an unedited version out of the camera, only edits were to temp as it was shot with an ND filter
Severn Bridge (1 of 1) by Darren Fellows, on Flickr
And here are some of the spots showing up.
Severn Bridge (1 of 1) - Copy by Darren Fellows, on Flickr
Now as I said, I had cleaned the sensor before I went out to do this shoot, with my 50mm prime I had no dirt on the sensor when looking at it on a white background.
Thanks Hark that is great help !
Sorry, but that is sensor dust, pure and simple.
What method did you use to clean the sensor? The camera's internal cleaning mechanism? A blower? A brush? Wet cleaning?
Well I guess I know nothing then hey ... I mean how a sensor can show no dust with one lens, then another put on and this shot taken and all of a sudden I got ALL that dust on the sensor .....
I have a Gel stick and as stated there was no dust with my Prime lens left on the sensor
Were both lenses shot using the same aperture? Dust becomes more visible when you shoot at smaller apertures.
Also, are you shooting the same scene? Large, blank areas like the blue sky make dust spots stand out, while busy, complicated areas tend to hide the dust. I noticed you didn't circle the spots on the concrete walkway in the lower left portion of the image. If you examine the original image, I'll wager you find spots all over it.
I'm not trying to start an argument...... I'm trying to save you the anguish of ponying up good money to have a lens disassembled, cleaned, reassembled only to find you still have the same problem.I dont want to get into an argument
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