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Dark round spots on landscapes with lotss of sky. Using Z50 and DX 16-50 lens. Editing with Spot Fix does part of the jo


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Peter Iden

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Dark round spots on landscape photos with lots of sky. Please explain and suggest getting rid of this phenomenon. Thank you.

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Looks like dust on the sensor- you'll want to clean it, starting with a (manual) blower or using a cleaning kit/professional service.



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Yeah, what Adam said.

 

You can clean these things up in post with Lightroom or Photoshop, etc. However, it can be a lot of work so it's better not to have to deal with them in the first place.

 

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what you have here is trip to clean the sensor at camera store or clean the sensor your self 



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Peter Iden

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Thanks, everyone. I have ordered a cleaning kit and will, according to recommendatios, proceed with utmost care.

Peter.



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I had a similar problem and it turned out to be  smudges on the filter. I cleaned the filter and the problem disappeared.

 

Is your filter and lens clean?

Does you camera have a Clean Image Sensor option in the setup? My D5600 has that option.



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I had a similar problem and it turned out to be  smudges on the filter. I cleaned the filter and the problem disappeared.

 

Is your filter and lens clean?

Does you camera have a Clean Image Sensor option in the setup?

The Z50 can’t vibrate the sensor to clean it.

A dirty lens filter can not produce sharp artefacts. If they are well-defined like in the OP, they are always on the sensor or maybe on the rear element as the Z-mount is shallow.



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Here is couple of photos of a dirty filter. The filter had got some very light rain on it and left a few drops.I didn't realize it until later.

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Here is couple of photos of a dirty filter. The filter had got some very light rain on it and left a few drops.I didn't realize it until later.

These are typical sensor spots. Smudged filters or front elements will lower contrast but not show up like this as they are so far out of focus.