Getting a PowerShot G10 cleaned
Discussion
My G10 seems to have a speck of dust somewhere inside it that I can't get to - in the lens or on the sensor perhaps.
What's the best way to go about getting rid of it? Or do Canon service centres provide a cleaning service for PowerShots? It's not a massive speck, but it's annoying and tends to mean I don't use the camera as much as I'd like.
Also, if there are any not too technical self help guides that anyone knows of then they could be handy - Not too technical though, I am to electronics what Myra Hindley is to baby sitting!
Help appreciated!
What's the best way to go about getting rid of it? Or do Canon service centres provide a cleaning service for PowerShots? It's not a massive speck, but it's annoying and tends to mean I don't use the camera as much as I'd like.
Also, if there are any not too technical self help guides that anyone knows of then they could be handy - Not too technical though, I am to electronics what Myra Hindley is to baby sitting!
Help appreciated!
I'm fairly sure that the G10, in common with compact cameras and anything without an interchangeable lens, uses what is intended to be a sealed lens and sensor system. That's not to say that dust (or whatever) can't get in but I don't think that Canon expect owners to be in there trying to clean things.
However having owned a number of well abused devices with sealed lens/snsor systems I don't recall ever thinking that there might be some dust or similar floating around in there. Dust in the lens, if visible to the eye looking into the lens, may I suppose be a bit more critical in a small lens than a DSLR type but even so woould probably only afect a few images rather than all - unless you are always taking shots of the sky for example.
Does the problem always appear in the same place on the image? Can you past an sample test image or two?
I would guess that correction would require the camera to be sent to a service centre. An official authorised place may be the best bet. There's a list on the Canon web site.
However having owned a number of well abused devices with sealed lens/snsor systems I don't recall ever thinking that there might be some dust or similar floating around in there. Dust in the lens, if visible to the eye looking into the lens, may I suppose be a bit more critical in a small lens than a DSLR type but even so woould probably only afect a few images rather than all - unless you are always taking shots of the sky for example.
Does the problem always appear in the same place on the image? Can you past an sample test image or two?
I would guess that correction would require the camera to be sent to a service centre. An official authorised place may be the best bet. There's a list on the Canon web site.
MikeGTi said:
It's always in the same place, and only appears at middle focus distance if that makes sense - looks exactly as when there's a piece of dust on the camera end of an SLR lens.
I've read of tricks like putting the lens in your mouth and blowing (yeah, yeah) but they don't work.
Ah well.
Mike,I've read of tricks like putting the lens in your mouth and blowing (yeah, yeah) but they don't work.
Ah well.
I very much doubt you would see any dust on an SLR lens when taking a pic. It's amazing how much crud the lens can accumulate without it appearing directly on the resulting image. It may affect the image quality in some way - poor contrast for example - but not much else.
Dust on the sensor is a different matter, although on a DSLR that would usually only be really visible against a plain(ish) background (blue sky for example) at small apertures (i.e. large fnumbers). Dust on a seonsor when using a sealed system suggests something different - like maybe not dust as such.
No matter - I doubt that any less than the pukka service would fix such a problem. However it would be wise to triple check that what you are seeing is indeed something in the depths of the gizmo before committing to a cleaning and service cost.
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