Problem with Nikon D80

[hopefulphoto]

I took some pictures recently and found little soft black marks on the actual photo. I took a few more pictures to see if they still showed up and they do. I've uploaded a sample of what I'm talking about... http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8787/pic003it2.jpg (**Make sure to view it at the full 100%!**)

I bought a "poofer" thing to get all the little dust particles out of the camera but it's still showing up! Help!! What can I do!?!

[cichlid]

seems like dust on the sensor, wow so many of them....btw, did u try to take pics with another lens to see if the dots still there?

[petetherock]

Sounds like a job for NSC...

[chngpe01]

There is nothing wrong with your D80. This is just dust and the normal blower may not be able to blow it off the sensor. If it is still under warranty bring it to Nikon Service Centre for free cleaning of the sensor. If not you can get those sensor swap or sensor cleaning stuff to clean the sensor.

[spazzer]

this maybe due to a sensor which may be dusty when u changed lens the dust could have entered?

[Squid]

Originally Posted by hopefulphoto I bought a "poofer" thing to get all the little dust particles out of the camera but it's still showing up! Help!! What can I do!?!

If you are capturing your images on NEF or RAW files and processing them on Nikon CaptureNX, you may experiment with the "dust off" function in Nikon CaptureNX which can mask out the some or all of the dust effect via a dust reference file.

[fndjufri]

Try using a bigger aperture (smaller F number) when you shoot.
Dust spots tend to appear in pictures shot with smaller aperture, like the one you posted which is at f/32.
And even at f/32 I can say that your sensor is pretty clean.
Don't worry too much about it.
If your camera is still under warranty just send it in for cleaning at NSC if the dust spots do appear at bigger apertures.

[hemohemo]

What is the waiting time for NSC to get cleaning done? Hours or days?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by fndjufri Try using a bigger aperture (smaller F number) when you shoot. Dust spots tend to appear in pictures shot with smaller aperture, like the one you posted which is at f/32. And even at f/32 I can say that your sensor is pretty clean. Don't worry too much about it. If your camera is still under warranty just send it in for cleaning at NSC if the dust spots do appear at bigger apertures.

[TerryOng]

To clean the CCD? It takes around half an hour to an hour. This included the time when they upgraded my D80 firmware.

[Wilford Goh]

Hmm cleaning the CCD only took 20mins for me

Then again, it was on a friday afternoon...

[zac08]

Cleaning normally about 20 mins or so...

[Pokka]

where is the service centre?

[jnet6]

Originally Posted by Pokka where is the service centre?

www.nikon.com.sg