PentaxLife Tag: sensor

Tracnac on "My First Dust !"

Tracnac — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:48:56 +0000

I check my sensor doesn't see any dust ?! strange !? I will buy a blower with a small brush...

Marq on "My First Dust !"

Marq — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:30:22 +0000

good tip, Vitali!

Vitali on "My First Dust !"

Vitali — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:25:25 +0000

Is this camera really sealed ?

Yes. But the lens not.

Try blower in a clean room. And hold the camera towards the floor.

paulandapentax on "My First Dust !"

paulandapentax — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:01:05 +0000

Yes, I have an annoying spot too that the shake won't remove. Luckily, Digital Image has an erase function where I can surround the little bugger and erase it. I constantly change lenses, so I guess that's what happens. I do turn the face of the camera down when changing in hopes of lessening the dust....

Marq on "My First Dust !"

Marq — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:45:43 +0000

Aha Yvan, welcome to the club!
well, at least a club of two..
Just 2 weeks ago the same thing hapenned to me.
I have not removed my kit lens since putting it on the day I bought the camera, and suddenly, on a boat trip to the Greek islands, there's this spot!
I cleaned the outer lens as well as the protective sky filter, but nope, it was on the sensor. Shaking at startup switched on, but spot would not bug.

So the only other thing left to do was get my dust brush, twist off the lens, go to the menu to lock the mirror up, and softly softly brush the spot away. It wasn't easy, and took multiple openings and lens on-and-offs. Of course then there were some dust particles on the mirror, which is of no consequence to the final image, but still annoying through the viewfinder.

Recently it seems to be OK, but I do remember reading in some review that the dust shake mechanism is virtually inneffective. How the particle came to land on the sensor in the first place however I do not know..

Oh well, nothing is perfect.

Tracnac on "My First Dust !"

Tracnac — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:38:51 +0000

Hi,

Humm very disappointed, I never change my lense nor leave my camera in a dust environment ! And the worst : the camera shake do nothing against this little enemy on my sensor ! Is this camera really sealed ?

Regards Yvan.

paulandapentax on "My Lunch with Pentax Today..."

paulandapentax — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:41:51 +0000

I hope they move to a CMOS for the unit above the K10D....

RunningClam on "My Lunch with Pentax Today..."

RunningClam — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:46:17 +0000

Who could it be? Fuji, Kodak, Samsung?

holycat on "My Lunch with Pentax Today..."

holycat — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:06:36 +0000

Agree, very nice news

ennoia on "My Lunch with Pentax Today..."

ennoia — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:09:21 +0000

This is the best news, ever.

benjikan on "My Lunch with Pentax Today..."

benjikan — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:12:23 +0000

All I can say is this after my lunch with Pentax...Who ever said that Pentax was bound to use the same sensor as Nikon or Sony;)

Ah...Life is full of surprises. Better later than not at all.:)

Tracnac on "A Little chat with Pentax re: Nikon 1.1 Sensor"

Tracnac — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:36:17 +0000

Digifilm... What's that a D200 a new Pentax ? :)

Benjikan... Any hot news that's nobody knows ?

Vitali on "A Little chat with Pentax re: Nikon 1.1 Sensor"

Vitali — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:26:56 +0000

I don't think there is an exclusive contract with Nikon...;-)

It's just a rumor from DPReview.

benjikan on "A Little chat with Pentax re: Nikon 1.1 Sensor"

benjikan — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:16:10 +0000

I don't think there is an exclusive contract with Nikon...;-)

DigiFilm on "A Little chat with Pentax re: Nikon 1.1 Sensor"

DigiFilm — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:02:17 +0000

Personally I'm hoping for a price drop on the D200 because of a D3. A new variant of the D200(D200s? D300?) will be nice as well, if/when that happens.

Tracnac on "A Little chat with Pentax re: Nikon 1.1 Sensor"

Tracnac — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:17:11 +0000

Hi,

I read somewhere that Nikon have the rights to use it exclusively for 1 year...

benjikan on "A Little chat with Pentax re: Nikon 1.1 Sensor"

benjikan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:28:06 +0000

It seems that the "Rumors" about an 18.7 mega pixel Nikon with a 1.1 sensor seem to be known to the people at Pentax. When I brought up the new Nikon they weren't at all surprised and said "Yes, a 1.1 sensor of 18.7 mega pixels..."

Take it for what ever that is worth. The implications could be interesting.

Ben