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Is there a consensus on how to clean the low pass filter on DSLR cameras? I seem to be limited on what I can find on the internet related to my specific camera (sony a380). By that I mean, the rocket blower isn't doing poo poo, and I want to take a brush to it but I am fairly sure it has to be a specific kind of brush and I'm not sure that the one that came with the rocket blower fits the bill. I have taken numerous test photos with the camera to see what results I got from the rocket blower and I'm still seeing pretty pronounced particles. Also, the camera has a cleaning function to shake the dust off, but I am not aware of any function allowing me to raise the mirror to get at the sensor's filter. Basically I have to hold the mirror up as it doesn't seem to lock in the up position, and holding the camera body downward while simultaneously holding the mirror up and blowing off the sensor filter is highly difficult. I wouldn't be trying this myself if I had time to leave the camera with a specialty shop and have it professionally cleaned (they said the turnaround is 3-5 business days since there are a lot of people ahead of me in line). But I use this camera almost every day in my profession and can't afford to be without it long enough. Am I okay to use the brush that came with the blower or am I basically hosed?
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"Sony a380" and "professional" are two terms you don't often see together.
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Sep 19, 2014 17:00
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HPL posted:"Sony a380" and "professional" are two terms you don't often see together. It's photographs of houses for real estate, and I do it exclusively. I mean I have no illusions about the camera, it's not the best out there by a long shot and I'm ready for a new one, but until that time I have to work with what I've got. I edit the photos so much that most of our clients who don't know anything about photography aren't sitting there wondering why I couldn't have used a better camera.
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Sep 19, 2014 17:05
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life is killing me posted:It's photographs of houses for real estate, and I do it exclusively. I mean I have no illusions about the camera, it's not the best out there by a long shot and I'm ready for a new one, but until that time I have to work with what I've got. I edit the photos so much that most of our clients who don't know anything about photography aren't sitting there wondering why I couldn't have used a better camera. http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cbt-tut/shared/how-to-clean-alpha/DSLR-A380
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Sep 19, 2014 17:13
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life is killing me posted:Is there a consensus on how to clean the low pass filter on DSLR cameras? I seem to be limited on what I can find on the internet related to my specific camera (sony a380). By that I mean, the rocket blower isn't doing poo poo, and I want to take a brush to it but I am fairly sure it has to be a specific kind of brush and I'm not sure that the one that came with the rocket blower fits the bill. I have taken numerous test photos with the camera to see what results I got from the rocket blower and I'm still seeing pretty pronounced particles. Rent a back up Sony, send dirty Sony to be cleaned?
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Sep 19, 2014 17:51
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life is killing me posted:It's photographs of houses for real estate, and I do it exclusively. I mean I have no illusions about the camera, it's not the best out there by a long shot and I'm ready for a new one, but until that time I have to work with what I've got. I edit the photos so much that most of our clients who don't know anything about photography aren't sitting there wondering why I couldn't have used a better camera. Well anyways, like others have said, sensors are tougher than they seem. You're not actually cleaning the sensor, you're cleaning a piece of glass in front of the sensor. As long as you exercise due care, you should be all right. If you have a soft, clean brush and it's only dust you're going for, and you use very light strokes, you'll be all right. The worst is when you get greasy crap on the sensor because then you're in for a fight.
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Sep 19, 2014 18:08
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Should be noted also DON'T TOUCH THE WALLS AROUND THE SENSOR when you're cleaning it as they usually have some poo poo on them you don't want on your sensor.
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Sep 19, 2014 18:10
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HPL posted:Well anyways, like others have said, sensors are tougher than they seem. You're not actually cleaning the sensor, you're cleaning a piece of glass in front of the sensor. As long as you exercise due care, you should be all right. If you have a soft, clean brush and it's only dust you're going for, and you use very light strokes, you'll be all right. The worst is when you get greasy crap on the sensor because then you're in for a fight. Sensor cleaning is serious business and is the sole reason I keep CPS every year. I can't stress enough that you can gently caress this up and ruin every photo you ever take in the future. You really should send it in to sony/nikon/canon.
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Sep 19, 2014 18:13
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Thanks for the link, but I was looking at that website before and the blower isn't doing the job. The dust particles seem to be clinging a little more than the rocket blower can handle. The camera doesn't have a feature that I know of where you can keep the mirror flipped up to get at the sensor, so it's either take it in and rent a camera as one poster suggested, or do it myself. It's not the biggest deal in the world, as I can edit out the spots (depending on the photo) but when I'm on a time constraint it's a pain in the rear end.
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Sep 19, 2014 19:39
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You can duplicate your clonestamps in lightroom FYI.
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Sep 19, 2014 19:47
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life is killing me posted:Thanks for the link, but I was looking at that website before and the blower isn't doing the job. The dust particles seem to be clinging a little more than the rocket blower can handle. The camera doesn't have a feature that I know of where you can keep the mirror flipped up to get at the sensor, so it's either take it in and rent a camera as one poster suggested, or do it myself. REAd the whole thing again: In order to reach the sensor, the mirror needs to be flipped up. Use your fingertip to gently press the mirror lock lever to make the mirror flip up. There is even a picture that shows you a small switch you need to use to lock the mirror up.
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Sep 19, 2014 19:49
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Musket posted:REAd the whole thing again: I know I've got to flip the mirror up, but it's nearly impossible to flip up the mirror to get to the sensor, hold the camera with the lens mount downward, and use the blower. This camera does not have a function to lock it up. Not that it matters anyway, I'm probably going to take your suggestion and rent a camera while I have mine cleaned. e: the article seems to be for just whatever camera, as it mentions the a380 nowhere. I haven't seen a lock lever
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Sep 19, 2014 19:54
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 Put mirror up, press lever, mirror is locked up. RTFM, Page 33. Musket fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Sep 19, 2014 |
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Sep 19, 2014 20:01
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life is killing me posted:I know I've got to flip the mirror up, but it's nearly impossible to flip up the mirror to get to the sensor, hold the camera with the lens mount downward, and use the blower. This camera does not have a function to lock it up. https://docs.sony.com/release/dslra330.pdf page 33
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Sep 19, 2014 20:02
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Musket posted:
That lever is not there. IF there is a lever to lock the mirror up, it's not in that location. Maybe I'm just blind?
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Sep 19, 2014 20:05
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life is killing me posted:the article seems to be for just whatever camera, as it mentions the a380 nowhere. I haven't seen a lock lever Sony's actual DSLR's tend to just have a cleaning mode that does the mirror lock in software, charge it to at least 90% battery and hit cleaning mode, the mirror should lock up until you toggle power again.
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Sep 19, 2014 20:05
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Elliotw2 posted:Sony's actual DSLR's tend to just have a cleaning mode that does the mirror lock in software, charge it to at least 90% battery and hit cleaning mode, the mirror should lock up until you toggle power again. From what I understood that was just to vibrate dust off it, but I'll look further into it. I have been afraid to do that because I don't want to gently caress it up by doing something I'm not supposed to.
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Sep 19, 2014 20:09
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It vibrates the dust off, then it flips the mirror up so you can get bigger stuff and let the vibrated dust out.
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There's definitely a smudge on the sensor itself. I didn't see any dust. Not gonna continue trying to clean this myself.
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Sep 19, 2014 20:29
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life is killing me posted:There's definitely a smudge on the sensor itself. I didn't see any dust. Not gonna continue trying to clean this myself. Its very easy. But if you fear cleaning it, then yea send it off. I used to be scared of cleaning mine until I did it and it was easy. Also you can just take your time in LR5 with the dust tool and play a drinking game. Take a shot every time you have to clone/heal a dust spot.
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Musket posted:Its very easy. But if you fear cleaning it, then yea send it off. I used to be scared of cleaning mine until I did it and it was easy. Also you can just take your time in LR5 with the dust tool and play a drinking game. Take a shot every time you have to clone/heal a dust spot. If I went past f/8 I would need my stomach pumped.
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Sep 19, 2014 21:55
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pootiebigwang posted:This is pretty much exactly how I feel, however I really don't know what to do when I have class on Monday and my professor wants to see and have me talk about it. Do I tell her no and that the entire project was hosed to begin with or do I show them for the sake of my grade? That's really hard. In your shoes I would probably pussy out and compromise by showing them but complaining loudly that the whole thing was ethically bankrupt all the while.
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I'm watching random video tutorials and such and one guy was spraying flowers with a spray bottle to get that, "just after sunrise effect" and another guy kept dragging a piece of driftwood along the beach in a sunset over the ocean shot to get it nicely placed in the picture. What the gently caress? Why do people do this poo poo?
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huhu posted:I'm watching random video tutorials and such and one guy was spraying flowers with a spray bottle to get that, "just after sunrise effect" and another guy kept dragging a piece of driftwood along the beach in a sunset over the ocean shot to get it nicely placed in the picture. What the gently caress? Why do people do this poo poo? It's easier than moving the driftwood in post. But seriously there's nothing wrong with finding a scene that's ALMOST exactly what you want it to look like, and loving with it until it is, at least not unless you're doing photojournalism (in that case, do it anyways but be real careful.) If you think that's bad you should see people shooting film/TV outdoors... "yeah, that's exactly what we're looking for. that boulder's gotta go though, but make sure you mark where it was so you can put it back later or we'll get fined."
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How do you deal with really bad fogging? I was shooting a wedding a couple weeks ago, and inside the reception the AC was cranked but outside it was hot and muggy. All day long people kept pulling me out of the reception to take group photos on the veranda. Every single time I knew exactly what was going to happen, but it's not like I'm going to be like "sorry grandpa Joe, you can't get photos with your nieces on the veranda, it's too loving muggy". All I could do is stand there with a microfiber cloth and a rocket blower looking like a douchebag going "hold on, just a minute". I considered just leaving a camera set up outside to deal with the issue, but that would be a really easy way to lose a camera. It's such a frustrating problem.
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Wooten posted:How do you deal with really bad fogging? I was shooting a wedding a couple weeks ago, and inside the reception the AC was cranked but outside it was hot and muggy. All day long people kept pulling me out of the reception to take group photos on the veranda. Every single time I knew exactly what was going to happen, but it's not like I'm going to be like "sorry grandpa Joe, you can't get photos with your nieces on the veranda, it's too loving muggy". All I could do is stand there with a microfiber cloth and a rocket blower looking like a douchebag going "hold on, just a minute". I considered just leaving a camera set up outside to deal with the issue, but that would be a really easy way to lose a camera. It's such a frustrating problem. There really isn't a way around that besides having two cameras and getting one to the temp outside and leaving it in your bag in hopes that it doesn't cool down too much. I would have just told Grandpa Joe that we can't take pictures outside though, I wouldn't want to risk the integrity of the photos for the rest of the night. If the rear element of your lens fogs, it's going to be hosed for a while.
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huhu posted:I'm watching random video tutorials and such and one guy was spraying flowers with a spray bottle to get that, "just after sunrise effect" and another guy kept dragging a piece of driftwood along the beach in a sunset over the ocean shot to get it nicely placed in the picture. What the gently caress? Why do people do this poo poo? If you were painting a picture, you probably have a mental vision of the final product, and you're not going to include something that doesn't fit that vision. Similarly, when I go out and shoot, I already know the kinds of compositions and aesthetics that I'm trying to create. If that involves adding or removing something from a scene where I'm able to do so, then yeah, I'm going to do it.
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huhu posted:I'm watching random video tutorials and such and one guy was spraying flowers with a spray bottle to get that, "just after sunrise effect" and another guy kept dragging a piece of driftwood along the beach in a sunset over the ocean shot to get it nicely placed in the picture. What the gently caress? Why do people do this poo poo? Unless it's editorial, I guess I don't see the issue with it.
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As photographers we're just lazy painters anyways, go for it.
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Mightaswell posted:As photographers we're just lazy painters anyways, go for it. new forum name please.
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Need some help with a speedlite here. I'm at a wedding and got a 580ex2 from a friend but it won't work with my 550d. The flash is recognized and I can configure it through the menu, but when shooting the camera doesn't expose for the flash and shoots without it firing. The pilot led is red and it follows the zoom so I'm clueless as to what might be the missing piece.
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:I feel like the last few posts are an appropriate segway to posting this: Just out of curiousity, does this look like something that a wet cleaning would be able to take care of on its own?
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mobby_6kl posted:Need some help with a speedlite here. I'm at a wedding and got a 580ex2 from a friend but it won't work with my 550d. The flash is recognized and I can configure it through the menu, but when shooting the camera doesn't expose for the flash and shoots without it firing. The pilot led is red and it follows the zoom so I'm clueless as to what might be the missing piece. Just hit the mode button until it says M and mess with it until you're comfortable. If its not firing it might not be seated correctly on the hotshoe.
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Is there any way to get a flickr without having a Yahoo account? I don't object to Yahoo but I seem to be completely unable to sign up because the phone verification part is broken.
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Slavvy posted:Is there any way to get a flickr without having a Yahoo account? I don't object to Yahoo but I seem to be completely unable to sign up because the phone verification part is broken. nope
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Sep 21, 2014 20:05
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Y'all a bunch of pussies when it comes to dust.
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Right. Are there any decent alternatives to flickr that do the same thing?
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Sep 21, 2014 23:07
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500px
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Slavvy posted:Right. Are there any decent alternatives to flickr that do the same thing? I like 500px a lot. Easier to find great photos for inspiration and the spam "CONGRATS PLEASE LIKE MY PHOTOS" doesn't exist.
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The alternative to Flickr is to glue your fp100c prints to the bathroom wall at your favorite bar.
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