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how bad is dust in the lens ?
The lens for medium-format seem to be very "dust-friendly" - due to their
bulkiness, I guess. My question is: how big is the impact of dust on the elements of a lens to the quality of pictures taken? Are there visible effects, like blur? I have old cameras with some dust on the lens and they still take great pictures. However, I guess that it depends on the quantity of dust (or fungi). Any thoughts? Nic. |
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how bad is dust in the lens ?
The lens for medium-format seem to be very "dust-friendly" - due to their bulkiness, I guess. My question is: how big is the impact of dust on the elements of a lens to the quality of pictures taken? Are there visible effects, like blur? The influence of dust is more or less proportional to the surface of lens they hide. So it would require a great amount of dust or fungus to impact notably on the picture. -- Vincent Becker Photographies et appareils anciens - Photography and classic cameras URL:http://www.lumieresenboite.com |
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how bad is dust in the lens ?
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Nic. Santean wrote: The lens for medium-format seem to be very "dust-friendly" - due to their bulkiness, I guess. My question is: how big is the impact of dust on the elements of a lens to the quality of pictures taken? Are there visible effects, like blur? I have old cameras with some dust on the lens and they still take great pictures. However, I guess that it depends on the quantity of dust (or fungi). Any thoughts? IME a small amount of visible dust in the lens makes bugger-all difference to image quality. YMMV. |
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how bad is dust in the lens ?
"Vincent Becker" wrote in message ... The lens for medium-format seem to be very "dust-friendly" - due to their bulkiness, I guess. My question is: how big is the impact of dust on the elements of a lens to the quality of pictures taken? Are there visible effects, like blur? The influence of dust is more or less proportional to the surface of lens they hide. So it would require a great amount of dust or fungus to impact notably on the picture. -- Vincent Becker Photographies et appareils anciens - Photography and classic cameras URL:http://www.lumieresenboite.com |
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how bad is dust in the lens ?
Nic. Santean wrote:
The lens for medium-format seem to be very "dust-friendly" - due to their bulkiness, I guess. My question is: how big is the impact of dust on the elements of a lens to the quality of pictures taken? Are there visible effects, like blur? I have old cameras with some dust on the lens and they still take great pictures. However, I guess that it depends on the quantity of dust (or fungi). Any thoughts? It's more likely to cause flare issues and effect contrast a bit in certain shooting conditions. That said, if you use a lens hood, I've shot with some REALLY ugly piece of glass that performed great. Then again something that will KILL lens performance is a "foggy" lens, like one that has oil/grease vapors on internal elements. Makes for very low contrast images. -- Stacey |
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