{"id":60698,"date":"2015-10-23T16:43:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T15:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=60698"},"modified":"2021-05-14T12:42:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T11:42:06","slug":"dealing-with-sensor-dust-on-your-nikon-dslr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/expert_advice\/dealing-with-sensor-dust-on-your-nikon-dslr\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with sensor dust on your Nikon DSLR"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_61612&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mark-Higgins-Dust-off-feature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61612 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mark-Higgins-Dust-off-feature.jpg\" alt=\"Mark-Higgins-Dust-off-feature\" width=\"1000\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/Mark-Higgins-Dust-off-feature.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/Mark-Higgins-Dust-off-feature.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/Mark-Higgins-Dust-off-feature.jpg?resize=603,400 603w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/Mark-Higgins-Dust-off-feature.jpg?resize=900,597 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/Mark-Higgins-Dust-off-feature.jpg?resize=562,373 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Photographs that feature large expanses of sky are particularly prone to showing up any errant dust particles. All images by Mark Higgins<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>Dust on the sensor. Those are the words that photographers never want to hear. Keeping your sensor clean is always a concern, but lenses need to be changed and mistakes do happen. Sometimes, little particles can creep into the places where you don\u2019t want them.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find yourself noticing sensor dust most if you\u2019re a landscape photographer. Images with lots of negative space \u2013 big blue skies or sweeping seas \u2013 will show dust spots most readily, as will images with a large depth of field. This isn\u2019t to say that other kinds of photographers are off the hook, though \u2013 street photographers who use negative space don\u2019t want dust interfering with their images, and if a portrait photographer gets a spot of dust on the wrong place \u2013 an eye, for example \u2013 it could ruin a great shot.<\/p>\n<p>Nikon has included a function on its DSLRs to combat the encroach of dust on sensors, which is called Dust Off Ref. In this article, I\u2019ll be explaining how Dust Off Ref works and how to use it, as well as giving you some general tips on best practice for keeping your sensor clean so that hopefully you don\u2019t need it too often.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Dust Off Ref?<\/h2>\n<p>Put simply, Dust Off Ref takes a reference image on your camera designed to record the location of any sensor dust, which can then be used in software to clean up batches of images that have been affected by it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s something that, if you can get into the habit, is worth incorporating into your workflow. It\u2019s easy to do, as we\u2019ll see in just a moment, and means that you\u2019ll always be able to compensate for any dust that gets onto your sensor. Another reason for this is that Dust Off Ref images tend to only be really useful with images taken immediately before or after them, as dust can move around inside the camera. A Dust Off Ref image taken six months ago won\u2019t be much good for dealing with dust on images you take tomorrow! The Dust Off Ref files \u2013 \u2018NDF\u2019 files \u2013 don\u2019t take up any more room on your card than a regular Raw or JPEG file, so there\u2019s no downside to taking them regularly.<\/p>\n<h2>Shooting a Dust-off Ref Image<\/h2>\n<p>This is the only bit of the process that I think is a little finicky \u2013 once you\u2019ve done it, applying Dust Off Ref is pretty straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the \u2018Setup\u2019 menu in the camera, then select \u2018Image Dust Off Ref photo\u2019. From there you simply select \u2018Start\u2019 \u2013 the camera will instruct you to take a photo of a bright, featureless white object from a distance of about 10 centimetres, with focus on your lens set to infinity. A sheet of white A4 paper will work, as will a grey card.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019re set up, simply take the photo. The camera will reject it if it\u2019s not right for any reason, much like if you take a white balance reference photo, but it should be fairly straightforward to get the exposure right.<\/p>\n<p>One thing to note \u2013 in a lot of newer cameras you\u2019ll see two options before you take the image \u2013 one to start, and one to clean the sensor and then start. This vibrates the low-pass filter to clean the sensor, in the way many cameras will when you turn them off. I would actually recommend not doing this \u2013 I\u2019m not entirely sure why it\u2019s an option, as it will remove the dust that you\u2019re trying to record for reference!<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019ve done it correctly, you\u2019ll see a checkerboard image on the back of your camera. This represents the NDF file, which is Nikon\u2019s nomenclature for a Dust Off Ref file. If you\u2019ve taken it at the same time as the files you want to apply it to then that\u2019s more to the good, as the next step is applying the correction in software.<\/p>\n<h2>Using Capture NX-D<\/h2>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NX-D-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62958\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NX-D-1.jpg\" alt=\"NX-D \" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/NX-D-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/NX-D-1.jpg?resize=300,180 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/NX-D-1.jpg?resize=562,336 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>You may not have used Nikon\u2019s Capture NX-D software before, but as it\u2019s completely free to download, it\u2019s easy to incorporate it into your workflow, even if you\u2019re a dedicated Photoshop or Lightroom user.<\/p>\n<p>The software will do all the hard work in applying your NDF Dust Off Ref to your images \u2013 you just need to make sure that they\u2019re in the same folder. Simply select the option to apply the Dust Off Ref in the toolbar to the right, as shown in the screencap. This will batch-apply the corrections from the NDF file to all the images in the folder.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve done that, you\u2019re done! Dust Off Ref is something that you should hopefully not have to rely on (see box on page 24 for some sensor maintenance tips), but it\u2019s a great get-out-of-jail-free card for times when accidents happen.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NX-D-Image-Dust-Off.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62956\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NX-D-Image-Dust-Off.jpg\" alt=\"NX-D\" width=\"162\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/NX-D-Image-Dust-Off.jpg 162w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/NX-D-Image-Dust-Off.jpg?resize=135,500 135w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/NX-D-Image-Dust-Off.jpg?resize=108,400 108w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_62955&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/nx-d-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62955\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/nx-d-3.jpg\" alt=\"NX-D\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/nx-d-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/nx-d-3.jpg?resize=135,100 135w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/nx-d-3.jpg?resize=300,226 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/nx-d-3.jpg?resize=532,400 532w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/nx-d-3.jpg?resize=562,422 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">It&#8217;s easy to use Nikon&#8217;s free Capture NX-D software to apply NDF Dust Off Ref to your photographs.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>Keeping the sensor clean<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sensor_cleaning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62957\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sensor_cleaning.jpg\" alt=\"Sensor Cleaning\" width=\"600\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/sensor_cleaning.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/sensor_cleaning.jpg?resize=300,260 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/sensor_cleaning.jpg?resize=462,400 462w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/09\/sensor_cleaning.jpg?resize=562,486 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Keeping your sensor clean is very important, but it comes with one caveat: it\u2019s probably not worth trying to clean it yourself. If you scratch it you could face a hefty bill \u2013 a D4 owner might expect to pay around \u00a31,200, as the repair people would have to replace the whole sensor unit and put the camera back together from scratch.<\/p>\n<p>It is perfectly possible to clean your own sensor, but unless you truly know what you\u2019re doing, it is absolutely not recommended. Instead send it off to be professionally serviced \u2013 Nikon will do it for about \u00a325, and Calumet will do it for a little more than that.<\/p>\n<p>I speak from experience \u2013 a long time ago, the sensor of my first DSLR, a Nikon D70, ended up acquiring some dust. I attempted to clean it myself, and ended up making the situation much, much worse. I had to send the camera in for repair, and if I\u2019d just gone for a professional clean in the first place it would have been a lot cheaper.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, there are a few things you can do to prevent dust getting on your sensor in the first place.<\/p>\n<h2>Here are my top tips<\/h2>\n<p>1 Turn your camera off while changing the lens.<br \/>\n2 Regularly vacuum your camera bag to reduce dust.<br \/>\n3 Double-sided tape on the inside of the lens and body caps will catch any dust. Replace the tape from time to time if you think it is too dusty.<br \/>\n4 Point your camera down towards the floor while changing lenses.<br \/>\n5 Keep a rocket blower in your bag to blow away any unwanted dust particles.<\/p>\n<h2>How to set up your Nikon DSLR to use Image Dust Off ref<\/h2>\n<h3>Select in the setup menu<\/h3>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1-Dust-Off.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62962\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1-Dust-Off.jpg\" alt=\"Step1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Navigate to the setup menu in your Nikon camera and you\u2019ll find the option to set the camera up to take a Dust Off Ref photo. It\u2019s a good habit to get into at the start of every shoot, even if you don\u2019t end up using it.<\/p>\n<h3>Start<\/h3>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/four-and-two.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62961\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/four-and-two.jpg\" alt=\"Step2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\n<p>You\u2019ll see two options: to start straight away or to clean the sensor by vibrating the low-pass filter and then start. If you\u2019re taking the image in advance then clean the sensor, but otherwise skip this option.<\/p>\n<h3>Shooting instructions<\/h3>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3-Dust-Off.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62960\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3-Dust-Off.jpg\" alt=\"Step3\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\n<p>You\u2019ll now see instructions for how to take the reference photo. A white piece of paper would do nicely, or a plain white wall. You\u2019ll know if the photo isn\u2019t right because the camera will tell you.<\/p>\n<h3>Indication of a successful reference image<\/h3>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/four-and-two.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62961\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/four-and-two.jpg\" alt=\"Step4\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve successfully taken a reference image you\u2019ll see this checkerboard pattern on your LCD screen. This is the visual representation of the NDF file which the NX software will use for reference.<\/p>\n<h3>How the NDF file will appear<\/h3>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/five.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62959\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/five.jpg\" alt=\"Step5\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The file will look like this in among your regular image files. As long as you keep it in the same collection or folder as the images you want to apply it to, then the software will be able to do the work for you. Easy!<\/p>\n<p>Words and pictures Mark Higgins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dust on the sensor. Those are the words that photographers never want to hear. Keeping your sensor clean is always a concern, but lenses need to be changed and mistakes do happen. Sometimes, little particles can creep into the places where you don\u2019t want them. 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