You don't usually lose shots due to dust, it usually shows up as dark
spots in relatively uniformly colored areas such as clear sky and blank
walls. Relatively easy to clean with the healing brush in Photoshop.
More of a PITA really.
Peter Loveday wrote:
>>> For the folks who have K10D's - how have you set the dust removal
>>> setting? I originally set it to turn on with every power up, but that
>>> seemed excessive and I wondered if the knocking of the sensor was
>>> ultimately good for the AS mechanism. So, now i just use it as needed
>>> (which is not yet so far.)
>>>
>>> Do you see any reason NOT to use it on every power up? Do you think
>>> using it regularly would be beneficial in terms of preventing dust
>>> specks from building up?
>>>
>
> Well, I initially thought "great, I'll turn this on and have it clean itself
> every time".
>
> But the sensor DR action is a little scarier than I had anticipated... more
> like a violent shaking than the high-speed buzzing I was expecting :) I'm
> sure if it did any damage the setting would not be available, still for now
> I'm leaving it off until I become more comfortable with it.
>
> I guess I'm kind of torn between having it thump hell out of the sensor too
> often, vs the possibility of losing shots due to dust.
>
> One of the few times I've had an issue with the *istD and dust, I lost a
> whole day's shooting before noticing (I almost never spot it on the camera,
> only when I download). So I guess the automatic setting would help with
> this.
>
>
>> FWIW - I'm going on close to a year now since I last gave the *ist-D a
>> 'wet' cleaning with the alcohol and swabs. During the first year of
>> operation it seemed that the thing got spots on the sensor just
>> sitting
>> in the bag. But this summer, despite extensive use in a very dusty
>> locale, it's hasn't needed anything but the occasional puff of air
>> from a hand held blower.
>>
>
> Hmm interesting, I've had much the same experience with my *istD. I had to
> clean it once or twice with a blower, then it got something stuck on the
> sensor near on a year ago that needed wet cleaning, and since then no
> problems.
>
> - Peter Loveday
>
>
>
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