[Leica] [OM] IMG: How can you get a dirty sensor with a camera that does not have interchangeable lenses?

Fri Jun 24 05:52:11 PDT 2016

Judging from my own experience, that is surely a bit of foreign material, not a sensor problem per se. I assume that your camera doesn’t have the ultrasonic sensor-cleaning function? Or that it didn’t work?

Maybe a sharp (not TOO sharp!) rap on the bottom left corner would dislodge it. 

—howard

> On Jun 24, 2016, at 8:46 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> Thanks, Chuck (and others who commented). The camera is not labelled or marketed as weatherproof and since I live in a place that is very dry and often windy, it is highly likely that a grain of dust got inside the camera. I very much doubt that Panasonic would fix this under warranty (the camera is out of warranty anyway), so I will just live with it and remove the spot in LR when it is bothersome (as it is in the example I posted).
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> Thanks again to all.
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> Nathan
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>> On 24 Jun 2016, at 14:21, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt at chucknorcutt.com> wrote:
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>> On the contrary, I would expect the camera to be sealed precisely because the sensor cannot be cleaned without at least partially disassembling the camera.
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>> The spot looks exactly like many such spots I've seen on my Canon 5D. So I also assume it's dust on the sensor.  Proof that it's dust on the sensor would be to take successive photos of clear blue sky from wide open to fully closed down.  At the LX-100's maximum aperture of f/1.7-2.8 the dust bunny may be invisible or nearly so as a very light gray cloud.  As the aperture closes down its shape will be more distinct (as in the image below) and it will get much darker.
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>> I consider it a manufacturing defect.  Either the inside wasn't perfectly dust free when it was made or dust/debris has been generated by friction of mechanical motion such as by the shutter mechanism.
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>> In any case I would expect a warranty repair... even it it's beyond the normal warranty period.  Adverse publicity to the hundreds or thousands of avid photographers on multiple lists is probably not a good thing for Panasonic.
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>> Finally, the do it yourself guide:
>> <https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Disassembling+Panasonic+LUMIX+DMC-LX100/55603>
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>> Chuck Norcutt
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>> On 6/24/2016 4:38 AM, Chris Weir wrote:
>>> Dirt could get in through the gaps - I don't think that is a sealed camera.
>>> Or more likely a flake of paint or other internal debris.
>>> Chris
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>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com>
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>>>> Were it not repeated on other files I'd vote for a bird on that one.
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>>>> Now, it might be a speck that moved inside and might move again, shake it
>>>> baby.
>>>> It will have to go back to Solms New Tokyo in any case I'm afraid
>>>> 
>>>> Amities
>>>> Philippe
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>>>> Le 24 juin 2016 à 09:20, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a écrit :
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>>>>> I noticed a while ago that images taken with my Panasonic LX 100 have a
>>>> smudge in the upper right part of the image:
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>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Db2WtZM/A
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>>>>> Since the camera does not have interchangeable lenses, I did not expect
>>>> dirt on the sensor, but that is apparently what it is—I see nothing on the
>>>> front element of the lens. And of course since I cannot take the lens off,
>>>> I cannot clean the sensor either. So I guess I am reduced to either
>>>> cropping away the offending part of the image, or using the tools in LR to
>>>> get rid of the smudge.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Still, very annoying. Have others experienced something similar with
>>>> this type of camera?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Nathan
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
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