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  • 06-07-2010 11:31am
    #1
    Trev M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,840 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    Quick question , when I look through the view finder I have a smudge of shiznak in there and its driving me a bit mental .... its not on the sensor as my pics are clean so I had a little poke at it, it seems to be worse now grrrr:mad: ...should I just go at the focker until Ive removed the offending article or will I balls up the camera:rolleyes: ...Ive noticed my focus points dont flash as bright now.... its a 450 D by the by.

    Any advice appreciated

    Trev


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  • #2
    jpb1974
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,027 ✭✭✭jpb1974


    Chances are you'll balls up the camera.

    Did the same many moons ago and accidently disloged a spring on the mirror.

    Repair was free as the cam was still under warranty but the AF points were never quite the same again.


  • #3
    Trev M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,840 ✭✭✭Trev M


    Cheers for that , I had a feeling that would be the case , perhaps Conns or someone do cleans


  • #4
    jpb1974
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,027 ✭✭✭jpb1974


    It could be dust on the mirror and a blast of an air rocket would dislodge it.

    But if it's actual dust lodged up in the viewfinder then it's hard to remove.


  • #5
    Trev M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,840 ✭✭✭Trev M


    Ah well , I'll have to learn to live with it until I upgrade I guess :rolleyes: thanks for the reply


  • #6
    Thecageyone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,756 ✭✭✭Thecageyone


    I had that on my cam. Turned out to be a tiny hair on the focus screen. I used a dust grabber pen to get it off. Fine since. Check that before paying for a simple clean. A dust blower might do the trick either, use a light and look upward into the body, the glass screen on the top, flat, inside. Fine inspect the mirror too.


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  • #7
    sineadw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,319 ✭✭✭sineadw


    My film camera has a teeny dead spider in the viewfinder :D


  • #8
    SkippyCraig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭SkippyCraig


    Trev M wrote: »
    Cheers for that , I had a feeling that would be the case , perhaps Conns or someone do cleans

    You could drop in and ask them - Marius (one of the lab technicians) is the one to ask for if you're getting anything cleaned as he'll tell you straight up whether it's worth it or whether trying would be a waste of time! (he's the one that actually does all the specialist cleaning work too)


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