Re: Question about dust on sensor

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:42:47 GMT, "David J Taylor"
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I beg to differ that the problem disappears entirely. Dust can get into
anything that moves. My brothers P&S has dust inside the lens and ended
up on the sensor. The camera manufacture confirmed and further stated
that it is not uncommon in P&S's despite urban myth.

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Len

Been using a variety of P&S cameras for over 9 years. Never got dust on any
sensor on any of them. I've also used them in some of the harshest
environments on earth, where most any DSLR owner would think twice before
taking their camera gear. From windy deserts and beaches to extensive
swamps and busy dusty construction sites to dust-bowl-like clouds of dust
coming off of dry fields being plowed and everything in between. Though I
admit, one of them with a telescoping zoom lens (as opposed to the
internally zooming lens on others I use), did give me cause for concern.
The lens barrel always acting as a bellows on those camera/lens designs
during start-up and shut-down might draw in some dust one day. I simply
modified the filter-adapter tube for it with a 5-minute fix so that it
would filter any and all incoming air. Four years and some 50,000 photos
later and still not a speck of dust evidence in any image from that camera.
Those with a filter-adapter tube who keep a filter or lens-cap always on
the front have no need to worry either, as that is now a sealed
environment. When the lens extends it exchanges the air inside the sealed
adapter-tube with the air in the body. No transfer of outside dusty air.


Perhaps infrequent ... but then you are stuck with it until you send the
camera for repair.

David

I too have read of the rare few reports of dust on P&S sensors on some
cameras with telescoping lenses. Seems it is easily remedied by fitting a
vacuum cleaner hose to surround the tiny gap between moving lens and camera
body, doing this in a clean environment. Turn on the vacuum and the problem
is quickly solved. This simple fix has worked for all who tried it after
they posted their dust problem plea. I'm not concerned if some rare stray
speck shows up some year in the future. Zero repair costs with a two minute
home-fix that lasts for another many years.

.

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