When I got the *ist D, about a year ago now, I soon had dust trouble. I thought this was because I was taking the lens off to put the camera on the microscope rather a lot. I work in atrocious conditions. This is an old wooden house and everything is covered with a layer of dust that returns within hours of being removed. However, I'm changing lenses now more often than before and the camera is open three or four times a day. Dust doesn't seem to be getting in as much as before. I found one tiny spot a few weeks ago and blew it off.
This is the second camera. The first had a flash board problem and was replaced after four or five months. I had to resort to quite drastic cleaning methods with the first. I don't understand why this one should be different. Don John Francis wrote: > Well, *my* biggest complaint about digital SLRs is the susceptibility > to dust. A sensor with in-camera SR has an obvious approach to this > problem; shake the sensor very fast to shake the dust off. This is > used in the Olympus E-series bodies, and also in the new Sony A100 > (which uses the 10.2MP sensor rumoured to be in the forthcoming K10D). > I've been waiting to see if this trick shows up in the new bodies. > > On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 10:22:52PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> Intriguing. I await more information ... ;-) >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> On Aug 13, 2006, at 6:01 PM, Aaron Reynolds wrote: >> >>> I have just learned something about it that pretty much seals the deal >>> -- I'll be buying it if I have to sell a kidney to do it. It >>> addresses >>> my most basic complaint about digital. It's a feature that's so much >>> of a no-brainer, and yet as far as I know not a single DSLR out there >>> at any price, including ones using the same sensor, have it. >>> >>> And unless I've missed some posts, no one has even speculated about it >>> here. Or even said "gee, I wish it could do this". >>> >>> Brothers, I kid you not -- I may be selling my 67. Naturally, I have >>> to see it in action to see if it matches up to what the advantage >>> should be in theory. But if it does... holy crap. >>> >>> Mid-September we're going to be seeing some forehead-slapping amongst >>> the competition in the DSLR world. >>> >>> Unless, of course, I've been fed a complete load of manure. Which is >>> entirely possible. >>> >>> -Aaron >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
