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Image Dust Off

PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:33 pm
by 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

PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:41 pm
by 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.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:53 pm
by W00DY
Onyx wrote: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 :)

PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:28 pm
by 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.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:16 pm
by 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