What are these black spots? Nikon D610

juno_first · 27 May 2018 at 21:57

Been noticing some spots for a while in blue sky shots but they seem to be getting worse & virtually the entire image is now covered in them. Does the sensor need cleaning? I thought the D610 fixed oil leaking onto the sensor.

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They're more prevalent after adjusting the gamma to suit this shot.

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Here is the fixed Shot. It took ages to spot remove these in Lightroom esp as I have an old PC.
Did I miss a spot haha.

juno_first · 27 May 2018 at 22:10

Ah thought it was dust thanks. Had it 4yrs & keep switching between 35/50mm lenses as hate zooms.
I'll Google how easy it is clean or take it be done properly.

juno_first · 29 May 2018 at 18:00

I've used the rocket blower loads etc. & theres still dust, before biting the bullet & getting a cleaning kit...
Being very careful, could a hoover pipe on suck be placed a few inches from the sensor?

juno_first · 29 May 2018 at 19:34

Crikey, my 610 maybe 4yrs old with 8000 actuations but the risk of wrecking the sensor is rather scary & would be expensive to replace. I think I'll take it a repair shop as the mirror is also dirty, maybe the time I fell over in the mud lol.
I like Nikon & the Sigma art 35mm is awesome.

juno_first · 2 Jun 2018 at 08:11

Thanks, yeah the D600 had oil issues on the sensor but the D610 supposed to have fixed that :confused:

Fortunately it looks like I just have dust on the image, likely due to changing the lens a few dozen times over 4 years.
Although, if my D610 did have a manufacturing fault I don't know where I'd stand after 4 years.
I'm taking it a local repair shop next week to get the sensor & mirror cleaned for £30, I'll ask them about the state of the inside too.

It looks like something has been going on inside & I can even see lots of dust in there.

juno_first · 2 Jun 2018 at 08:59

As far as I can tell there are just dust spots on the sensor, although I swear pictures taken lately with the same lens/aperture/light are not as sharp as they used to be.

juno_first · 6 Jun 2018 at 18:21

Yeah thinking it needs cleaning out inside. Thanks ooh Lehmann's at 2hrs sounds great