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Dust Anonymous
Hey /p/, im a noob to photography and i hope to get better, but i have a problem, well not so much a problem as a fear of dust. should i be going as bat shit as i am(constantly thinking about it, worried it will fuck up my photos, etc) about it? I know its important to keep lenses clean but surely a little spec of dust wont completely ruin a photo right? i have a UV filter for both of my lenses.

tl;dr: Im going looney over specs of dust on my lenses, should i be?
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>> $19.99 !OSYhGye6hY
Lol, why are you posting my picture?
I think there are way better examples of sensor dust...
>> Anonymous
>>263284
It was the first pic i saw when i first visited /p/ actually.

it wasn't meant to be an example.
>> Anonymous
>>263281
First of, it depends on how big your perception of pieces of dust will ruin the picture for you, but let's say it's normal dust, it really won't ruin your picture. Second, it's not impossible not to get some dust inside the UV. Third, big pieces of dust become noticeable at higher apertures, like 11 - 22. And lastly, buy one of 'em Giottos Rocket Blowers, not only are they fun to use, they're strong as hell when blowing out dust.
>> Anonymous
>>263287
OP here, i just took a pic at apeture 25 and i got about 5 specks of dust...Crap. thanks for the suggestions.
>> Anonymous
>>263289Aperture*
>> $19.99 !OSYhGye6hY
Lens dust isn't as bad as sensor dust. Try to keep the sensor clean, but a quick swipe with a cloth gets rid of all the dust on the lens anyway. If you do have dust, 3 secs in pp makes it dissapear.
>> Foca !ZPmgSZGczM
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always have a piece of cloth with you. i don't mean the regular one, becaues it will add more dust and fibers to the lens. go to a photostore and ask for a cloth to clean your lens. if you get dust on your sensor, try either of these (see pic), or ask the people at the photostore to clean it for you. never change lenses when around lots of dust/sand/whatever and never leave your camera "open" too long, change lenses as quickly as possible.

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>> Anonymous
>>263303
Looks like I'll be buying one of them and trying to find a better cloth.

Sadly where i live the only "Photo store" in reasonable distance is a walmart, fat chance for me. I'll look around for a place to have the lenses/sensor cleaned, then I'll be more careful.

Also if it isn't too much to ask, anyone god a tutorial of how to remove dust in photoshop? I have been using the blur tool, but i have a feeling im doing it wrong.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
>>263307

use the heal tool, man. or the clone brush. almost all corrections are done using various parts of the image to cover up other similar parts. it's something you can do in ms paint, even.
>> Anonymous
>>263307
dude if you live within a few hours of NY get on a bus and make the hike to B&H, it's well worth it :)
>> Anonymous
this thread is relevant to my interests, I had 2 specs of dust on my sensor and blew them off with one of them air brush things, also when I first got the camera I knew that it would be sensible to get a UV filter for my lenses, however all they had were skylight filters, should I get a UV and whats the difference?

the guy in the shop said they're practically the same except skylight helps to reduce glare :3
>> Anonymous
UV and skylight are pretty much useless for digital except for "protection"

UV is completely clear

skylight has a pink hue to warm up the image
>> Anonymous
>>263480
They also cost the same as protective filters, so I think of them as freely interchangeable.
>> tizzou !!HuouSd+PYUs
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mmmm..... delicious

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>> Anonymous
>>263480
>>263512
ah right, well all I was using it for is to protect the lenses anyway, and if the skylight makes my colors look a bit nicer I'll stick with that