That may have been in there from the factory. Nikon include it free of charge!
Although mirrorless is possibly more susceptible to dust during lens changes.
The good thing is it should be easy to clean.
90% of my shots (probably more) have been indoors.
That’s not that bad tbh, my Nikon’s can look like that after a handful of shotsI took a couple of pictures of a glider today and was pretty shocked at the state of my sensor after less than 2k shots and a few weeks old.
90% of my shots (probably more) have been indoors.
Ive ramped up the contrast etc to define the dust bunnies.
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I'm sure the contamination is nothing to do with the make & model of camera and everything to do with the environment and manner in which it's been used. Nothing personal towards the OP, of course.
My brother has a lot of dust issues with his Sony A7II - however it is easy to correct in lightroom - so I don't really see it as a problem.
No, dust really is more of a problem for mirrorless cameras, it's a minor annoyance but it's there.
So you don't think the mirror flapping around will cause dust to fly around inside?Based on a limited survey of 4 cameras (2 DSLRs, 1 Sony SLT - semi mirrorless, and an Oly mirroless) there's not really a difference. Having said that, I am surprised at how the DSLRs seem to pick up SO MUCH dust, when one would expect the mirror and shutter to block it.
First time I have ever seen someone say a company can learn from Canon sensor techThat's bad. My Canon 5DIII non-mirrorless has only got a couple almost a year after cleaning. And it gets a lot of use and a many lens changes almost every day.
It is all about sensor coating, and shake off function to a lesser extent. Sony will need to learn lesson or two and licence some Canon tech.
So you don't think the mirror flapping around will cause dust to fly around inside?
That'd be oilBut the shutter.......
The D610 seems to get big lumps that stick & resist a blower, though they do come away with a wet clean. Never had to wet-clean my sony sensor in 2 years.
That'd be oil
Yeah that was bad. I keep reading that all Nikons are prone to a bit of oil, but I can't say I've seen any on mine.That would be the D600.
The Tamron 150-600mm G1 is the worst lens I’ve known for this, proper dust pump. Great lens though.Extending zooms are dust machines, sucking in air as they're zoomed and pumping it back out from wherever it can escape, including the rear of the lens directly in front of the sensor.
It's easy to see if your lens is prone to it, simply by putting a small plastic bag over the rear and sealing it with a rubber band, then watch the bag expand and contract as the zoom ring is turned.
The Tamron 150-600mm G1 is the worst lens I’ve known for this, proper dust pump. Great lens though.
That would be the D600.
I'm sure the contamination is nothing to do with the make & model of camera and everything to do with the environment and manner in which it's been used. Nothing personal towards the OP, of course.
Surely a camera who's sensor is exposed to the elements when the lens is taken off is more liable to dust than a camera that has a physical barrier in said scenario?
True, and mirrorless sensors are much closer to the lens mount too, but by the same logic a DSLR's sensor that is only exposed for tiny fractions of a second should be pretty much immune to dust... but they're not. Instead, they have a mirror belting up and down all the time creating a small hurricane inside the mirror-box.
It appears that both mirrorless and DSLRs are prone to sensor dust for different reasons, honours roughly equal in practise? The difference may be extending zooms that pump air in and out, or dirty body caps, or it could be camera bodies that are not hermetically sealed and debris that gets in through the battery and card compartments, and also around the various cable connection points, which can make its way to the sensor over time.
Dust is a fact of photographic life, and always has been. We just have to be as careful as reasonably possible and clean things up when necessary. Not a big problem really
Not from my experience (Sony A7R II v 5D3) the A7R was often having a sensor clean.
You mean, mirrorless is more prone to dust? Could be, though that's not been widely reported as a general truth AFAIK, hence my comment above about other factors.
I don't yet have enough data to provide a statistically valid answer to this, because we haven't been hiring out mirrorless cameras for long enough. But I hope to soon. Watch this space.You mean, mirrorless is more prone to dust? Could be.....
I don't yet have enough data to provide a statistically valid answer to this, because we haven't been hiring out mirrorless cameras for long enough. But I hope to soon. Watch this space.
Of course one potential complicating aspect is how well the in-camera dust removal technology works. That differs from one manufacturer to another; for example Canon DSLRs are noticeably better at cleaning their own sensors than Nikon DSLRs. So whilst I would expect to be able to tell whether Sony / Fuji mirrorless are worse for dust than Canon / Nikon DSLRs, that might be because they're Sony / Fuji rather than because they're mirrorless. Once we start to see Canon / Nikon mirrorless, presumably with the same dust management technology as Canon / Nikon DSLRs, we'll be able to tell for sure.