frith wrote:djcdoll wrote:
I use an old Nikon D50 for all my photography, great camera. Luckily it's still going strong, if a bit battered now.
Mine has a speck in it that shows up in every photo. I even took it to a camera shop to have it cleaned and it's still there. It also doesn't focus properly, probably because of the speck?
If you know of somewhere I can send it off that might do a better job of fixing my Nikon, that would work too. It's still a great camera.
Hi frith,
It's possible that the "speck" is due one or more "bad pixels" in the image sensor of the camera, depends on the size of the speck.
Sometimes that can be compensated for if you process your pictures in something like Adobe Photoshop or an equivalent program (PaintShop Pro?).
Also the camera image sensor could be replaced but that may be expensive and may be cheaper to replace the camera!
Not sure why you're getting focus problems. I don't think it's due to the speck.
Have you tried changing the "Focus Area" that the auto-focus uses, check the manual (page 33).
If you have another second lens, does the camera focus okay using that lens?
If it does focus okay then the focus fault lies in the original lens - cheaper to buy a new lens.
If the second lens doesn't focus either, then the focus fault lies in the camera body.
Hope you got that?
If you don't have a second lens, take your camera to a camera shop and ask them to try a second lens to see if it focusses okay.
If it's the camera body that's at fault then you be able to buy a new or second hand camera body that will use any lenses you already own?
Hope all that helped.
On a separate note, who's the fantastic girl in your avatar photo, the busty girl with the shades?