Spec on Footage. Not inbetween lens.

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steezeridah

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Hey i have a Hvx200 and ive been doing some shooting with it(obviously)and i noticed a black spec in the footage! so i was like wierd so i cleaned my lens turned the camera on spec still there. So mabey i thought it was in between the front lens and the zoom lens so i opened up the lenses(super easy by the way cleaned all the dust out of there) gave it a good cleaning put it all back together and STILL the black spec! any idea of where to look now? should i send to a repair place or what??!
any thoughts would amazing. cause its driving me SO CRAZY!
if you click on the photo to make it bigger you can see the spec.
 

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Zoom in and out on a wall. If the spec doesn't change size (which I am sure it doesn't) the spec might be on the sensor. (not anywhere on the lens). Same problem as in still photo. Try and reach the sensor with compressed air.My 2c.
 
Dan's probably right - though the other option is that it's not a 'spec' of debris, but a dead pixel.

Regardless - do as he suggested, zoom in and out. If it doesn't move, then it's on the sensor (or it is the sensor). In that case I'd definitely consider a Panasonic Authorized repair place check it out.
They can do the cleaning for you.
 
Here is an un-orthodox method to try if the canned air doesn't reach. Rubb the ouside case to create some static or get close by with something that has some static charge. It might "arrest" the spec or at least move if off the sensor. I doubt it could cause any damage to electronics but is just what I would do before opening the case....... (even by an authorised repair shop). Do so at your own risk though. I don't think is a dead pixel Luis. Size and shape compared to the rest of the details in the image point towards dust. (too large and irregular for one pixel only - more like a whole cluster but all dark? most show a color;RG or B I would think)
 
where are the sensors located?
where would i try spraying the compressed air?

thanks for the info too!
 
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Surely the sensor on an HVX200 is sealed from the outside world and so is not accessible using compressed air, it's a fixed lens. However, even if the sensor was accessible it's not recommended to use compressed air. The sensor should be approached with EXTREME care using something like an Arctic Butterfly.

The symptom suggests a dead pixel and so a trip back to Panasonic should be booked!
 
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