Nikon D40 fault

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A friend of mine has a four year old Nikon D40 that has developed a fault, it looks like there is dust or something else inside the camera causing an ugly 'spot' to appear in all her photos.
They've tried to clean inside but to no avail, here is a photo showing the offending mark on the side of her nose. It makes a rather beautiful girl look like she's been playing with coal!



Can anyone offer tips on how to fix this?

Thanks in advance.
 
Also do you definitely know how to clean it?

I had a virtually identical chat with someone from work who "cleaned" their camera only to find that they had been cleaning the mirror rather than the sensor.
 
scottthehat said:
have you got abit more info like f number as the exif data has been stripped, also who cleaned it and what has been cleaned. also have they tried a different lens.
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They have tried to clean inside with a new small paint brush but haven't dared to go too far in. I don't know exactly what they have tried to clean, if they're anything like me they're too scared to fiddle about in there in case of doing more damage.

The information I have from the photo is as follows
F/5, 1/60 sec, ISO 400, 38mm, EXIF 0221.

They don't have another lens to try, but they are thinking of having it cleaned professionally though.
 
It looks like a spot of dirt on the CCD. If you take the lens off and select bulb mode (or equiv) then press the shutter the mirror assembly will stay in the upright position and you should be able to see the actual CCD.

You should be able to see the dirt.
 
the dirt spot with also be located diametrically opposite and reversed to the image

[is that right.....:thinking:.......:lol::lol:

john
 
Can I just say - please tell her not to attack it with a brush!!!!

Either get some proper CCD cleaning kit (or a quick blast with a rocket blower or similar) or have it done by a professional!

Serious damage can be done to sensors - they are pretty delicate.
 
All DSLR get dust on their sensors,at one time or the other,every now and again well worth getting a good clean by a pro :)
 
OutLore said:
Can I just say - please tell her not to attack it with a brush!!!!....
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...unless it's an Arctic Butterfly or similar static generating brush which are much better than any blower as they actually attract the dust rather than just blasting it in all directions.
 
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