a dust in my lens

[supershang]

I found a dust particle in the lens (summicron-m f2/35mm), and located in the middle. Will it affect my photo? and How can I clean it? or have to send it somewhere for cleaning?:bang:

 

[__hh]

no, it will not affect your image in any way. don't even try to clean it yourself (or even send it to an expert) as you'd be likely to get more dust in your lens trying to remove one dust particle.

dust is just a fact of life (there's even a science book called "the secret life of dust")

 

[Al Kaplan]

It takes a lot more than a single dust speck to degrade the image.

 

[HuubL]

Don't bother. If the internal lens surfaces aren't fogged up more or less evenly, a single particle won't interfere in the least.

 

[supershang]

Don't bother. If the internal lens surfaces aren't fogged up more or less evenly, a single particle won't interfere in the least.

not that bad yet😛 I just leave it there.

 

[anoldsock]

lens are a lot more durable than people give them credit for....just leave it alone.

 

[George S.]

Even an amount of dust that most people would call "a lot" doesn't seem to have an effect on the images. Don't dwell on the spot of your lens that has that one dust particle, instead, think of how much of the area of the lens is dust-free!

Lenses are not air-tight and just the action of focusing back and forth (and zooming in and out on a zoom lens) pulls air, and whatever dust is in that air, into the lens. It's inevitable that you will see some dust in every lens.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

It will eventually move. Just don't shake it! 🙂

 

[payasam]

Vacuum cleaner from the back? As so many have said, if you ignore it you'll have no reason to notice it.