need er, comforting word..

nsalman · 15th April 2007

Hi, my images been showing a black dot (blurry kind of grey actually). I changed lenses and its still there. I tried the ccd cleaning on my d7d and its still there... Can I still send it for cleaning at minolta s/c? How much? Anybody!!!!??

raincool2005 · 15th April 2007

Originally Posted by nsalman

Hi, my images been showing a black dot (blurry kind of grey actually). I changed lenses and its still there. I tried the ccd cleaning on my d7d and its still there... Can I still send it for cleaning at minolta s/c? How much? Anybody!!!!??

is it still under warranty ? Sony will charge around few hundreds ... $70 is the service charge.. spare parts and workmanship will be charged otherwise.

Trigger Happy · 15th April 2007

Originally Posted by nsalman

Hi, my images been showing a black dot (blurry kind of grey actually). I changed lenses and its still there. I tried the ccd cleaning on my d7d and its still there... Can I still send it for cleaning at minolta s/c? How much? Anybody!!!!??

how did you clean your ccd? very often the blower alone does not work on stubborn spots. you'd need to actually wipe it.

if you wear glasses, that may be another possibility

tankm · 15th April 2007

Can post a photo that shows the "black dot" ?

If you pixel peep the pixel at 100%, does the dot look like a square ?

Originally Posted by nsalman

Hi, my images been showing a black dot (blurry kind of grey actually). I changed lenses and its still there. I tried the ccd cleaning on my d7d and its still there... Can I still send it for cleaning at minolta s/c? How much? Anybody!!!!??

drake336 · 16th April 2007

Best is stop down, and shoot a white wall with MF...

If the dot becomes a sharp black dot, it's dust...

Blowing is safest but if that fails, it's either the service centre or hope you have steady hands and balls of steel to remove the dust with some kind of ultra soft brush...

rOnGrEn · 16th April 2007

Originally Posted by drake336

Best is stop down, and shoot a white wall with MF...

...

yeah... stop down and shoot a white wall.. then auto-levels in PS.. the spots will come out in their full glory... quite shocking .. haha

nsalman · 17th April 2007

just gotten my wife to send it to minolta s/c... she has not gotten back to me... few hundreds ah??? oh my god...

15th April 2007	#1
nsalman Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 162	need er, comforting word.. Hi, my images been showing a black dot (blurry kind of grey actually). I changed lenses and its still there. I tried the ccd cleaning on my d7d and its still there... Can I still send it for cleaning at minolta s/c? How much? Anybody!!!!??

16th April 2007	#5
drake336 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 827	Re: need er, comforting word.. Best is stop down, and shoot a white wall with MF... If the dot becomes a sharp black dot, it's dust... Blowing is safest but if that fails, it's either the service centre or hope you have steady hands and balls of steel to remove the dust with some kind of ultra soft brush...

17th April 2007	#7
nsalman Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 162	Re: need er, comforting word.. just gotten my wife to send it to minolta s/c... she has not gotten back to me... few hundreds ah??? oh my god...