If you own a digital SLR and a distich of lenses , there will certainly get along a metre when you search at a grouping of pictures on your monitor and see spots in the same stead on every prototype . These are often the resultant role of junk jot that have land on your camera ’s sensor , and they are a pain , but you’re able to plow with them .
It ’s easy to fix one or two spot with your Mac : all of the major range editor program have blemish - removal tools , and products like Aperture ( ) and Photoshop Lightroom ( ) even let you apply post - remotion parameter to multiple images at a time . ( Back in March , I write a short point for when you ’re using Lightroom ’s Remove Spots feature . )
Removing the dust digitally is okay for the occasional spot , but you really do n’t require to leave dust on your tv camera ’s detector . Luckily , a encompassing scope of detector - cleaning dick have become available , and most modern D - SLRs have a method for let you get access to the detector to clean it . Youdohave to be careful ; if you ’re not , you may damage the sensing element . That allege , I have been cleaning my Canon D - SLRs for old age without any trouble , and I do n’t know of any serious photographer who does n’t keep a cleaning kit or a blower brush on hand for those meter when they require to clean house the sensing element .
One of the problems with cleaning the sensor is that most times you do n’t know where the debris is when you ’re looking inside the camera . Also , you do n’t know if you ’ve been successful until after you ’ve put your cleaning stuff and nonsense aside , remounted the lens , guide a picture or two , and looked at it on your Mac . If you still have some debris , you then need to go back to pace one , a thwarting cognitive operation , and one I ’ve had to do far too many fourth dimension . That ’s why I ’ve been waiting to see VisibleDust’sSensor Loupe , an illuminated magnifier that sits on top of your camera ’s lens possible action , giving you a well - light , stark opinion of your sensing element ( and the tiny little debris particle that sit on it ) .
Since get the Sensor Loupe last week , I ’ve used it efficaciously on four D - SLRs . I was able to strip the dust out of my Canon EOS 5D and Digital Rebel with different brush and mop . I also removed a pesky , tough spot from my EOS 10D ’s detector that had been tease me for some time . For $ 70 , you get a solid tool that helps you keep a clean detector .
VisibleDust is n’t the only society offering a lighted jeweler’s loupe for viewing your sensor . My fellow worker Kelly Turner wrote about Delkin ’s $ 90 SensorScope , which she saw at PMA in March . One open difference between the Delkin and VisibleDust models is the switch : theSensorScopehas a pressure - found switch , which means that you ca n’t well hold it and use your other hand to clean the sensing element at the same time . The Sensor Loupe has a full on - off switch , which means that you’re able to turn it on and focus it on the sensing element while you ’re cleaning . The Sensor Loupe is also smaller , which stand for it ’s a bit more portable , and comes with a nice case that helps keep it all together in your television camera bag .
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