Flash reflections from floating
dust particles ???
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When you take
pictures using the flash, whitish round dots appear in various parts
of the image
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Causes and
solutions
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There is always a
certain amount of dust floating around in the air. You may have
noticed this at the movies when you look up at the light coming from
the movie projector and notice the bright sparks floating around in
the beam. In the same way, there are always dust particles floating
around nearby when you take pictures with your camera. When you use
the flash, the light from the flash reflects off the dust particles
and is sometimes captured in your shot. Of course, dust particles
very close to the camera are blurred since they are not in focus,
but because they reflect the light more strongly than the more
distant main subject of the shot, that reflected light can sometimes
be captured by the camera and recorded on the resulting image as
round white spots. So these dots are the blurred images of dust
particles. You can reproduce this problem relatively easily by
taking a picture right after you put away goods that create a lot of
dust, such as feather bedding. In actual photography, this problem
frequently arises in shots taken at construction sites, etc. It may
also occur when it is raining or snowing. Compact cameras in which
the flash and the lens are close together are particularly
susceptible to this problem. |
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Make the
surroundings as bright as possible so that you can shoot without
using the flash.
If the flash is
detachable, hold it away from the camera.
Take the picture in
a less dusty location. |
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