Baluardo
Well-known member
Hi all,
i recently purchased the Century optics .6x wideangle lens. it's a great lens, i really like it :laugh: , but i've been experiencing dust problems since the very first days of use
.
In particular i was shooting a documentary, with many shots 'on the field', in a substancially urban area.
I realized from maybe the third day of use of the lens, that some dust already got in between the lens elements (not on the external surfaces, but inside
).
I used it for about a week intensely every day, and at the moment there are several particles of dust inside.
- Is this normal? should i expect the amount of dust to increase? nobody experienced this?
- I dealt with several lenses in the past, but i've never had such problems so fast! I'm aware that some dust can eventually get in the lens structure, but not after 3 days!
- Is there some way to prevent this to happen? obviously it got it from the side separation between the rotating parts. should i seal it in some way?
I dont think they would affect the image so far, but because of the big depth of field, i'm afraid that in some situations (eg sun hitting the lens and especially if it will increase) may show up on video.
During the working week, I've been storing the lens in the same bag of the camera (a soft camera case, with a separate 'section' for the lens, with padded separator of the bag plus some foamrubber i put around it to further prevent shock damage. i would simply put the lens there with the front /rear caps on.
I used maximum care with dust with both the camera and the lens, kept the camera case always closed and cleaned it in a couple of cases i realized it was getting inevitably a little dusty.
My only doubt is that the little foam rubber i used as padding could have a little dust with it (even though i cleaned as much as i could before using it. But still, it doesnt justify the dust in my opinion.
I wonder if this lens is particularly vulnerable to dust intrusion?
thanks all!
Andrea
i recently purchased the Century optics .6x wideangle lens. it's a great lens, i really like it :laugh: , but i've been experiencing dust problems since the very first days of use
. In particular i was shooting a documentary, with many shots 'on the field', in a substancially urban area.
I realized from maybe the third day of use of the lens, that some dust already got in between the lens elements (not on the external surfaces, but inside
). I used it for about a week intensely every day, and at the moment there are several particles of dust inside.
- Is this normal? should i expect the amount of dust to increase? nobody experienced this?
- I dealt with several lenses in the past, but i've never had such problems so fast! I'm aware that some dust can eventually get in the lens structure, but not after 3 days!
- Is there some way to prevent this to happen? obviously it got it from the side separation between the rotating parts. should i seal it in some way?
I dont think they would affect the image so far, but because of the big depth of field, i'm afraid that in some situations (eg sun hitting the lens and especially if it will increase) may show up on video.
During the working week, I've been storing the lens in the same bag of the camera (a soft camera case, with a separate 'section' for the lens, with padded separator of the bag plus some foamrubber i put around it to further prevent shock damage. i would simply put the lens there with the front /rear caps on.
I used maximum care with dust with both the camera and the lens, kept the camera case always closed and cleaned it in a couple of cases i realized it was getting inevitably a little dusty.
My only doubt is that the little foam rubber i used as padding could have a little dust with it (even though i cleaned as much as i could before using it. But still, it doesnt justify the dust in my opinion.
I wonder if this lens is particularly vulnerable to dust intrusion?
thanks all!
Andrea
