Image Dust Off

[W00DY]

Does anyone use the Image Dust off REF image function???

I was just reading on how to use it and wondered if it worked well?

W00DY

[Onyx]

I'm a believer that it's either buggy in Capture or instructions were not written correctly (eg. same as removing battery door from SB800). PS clone tool does it for me. But I still prefer to address the problem rather than fix the symptoms.

[W00DY]

I'm a believer that it's either buggy in Capture or instructions were not written correctly (eg. same as removing battery door from SB800). PS clone tool does it for me. But I still prefer to address the problem rather than fix the symptoms.

Agreed it is better to clean your sensor frequently.

I just have about 50 images that I want to fix up and they all have the same dust spots, so I thought I might have been able to save the cloning step

[Onyx]

Do the cloning to one, save as an action.

IIRC, the image dust off ref thingy in Capture requires you to have specifically taken an image of nothing as the dust ref.

[kab]

I think Onyx is write and it is buggy. I tried using it today with Capture 4.2 and it didn't seem to work straight off. I noticed that capture was looking for a *.NDF file, however when I took the dust ref photo it saved as a normal *.NEF file, so I renamed that dust ref .NEF file to a *.NDF file and it seemed to work.

Dunno how well this works, I was just checking how much dust I've got on the CCD... Turns out I've got a bit, but thankfully it doesn't seem to show up on most pix.

I've been delaying cleaning the CCD. Hopefully, someone will give us a demo at the next Melbourne meet to give me enough courage to tackle it. I don't think cleaning it successfully would be too difficult, but by the same token, I don't think stuffing up would be too difficult either.

Till next time...
Regards
Keith