{"id":3140,"date":"2014-06-22T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2014-06-22T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T11:23:00","slug":"clean-black-spots-behind-camera-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/mythemes\/clean-black-spots-behind-camera-lens.html","title":{"rendered":"Clean Black Spots Behind Camera Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2014-06-22\u00a0<em>Some spots get back in the back of my Lumix ZS8 lens again &#8211; I had to remove them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3F86DhirHx4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2013-03-17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I don&#8217;t know how, but my pictures came out with black spots on them, especially with lighter, whiter scenery. Luckily, my digital camera Lumix ZS8 failed &#8220;<a title=\"how to open lumix zs8\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/lumix-zs8-system-error-zoom-fixed.html\">system error (zoom)<\/a>&#8221; which forced me to open it up to fix it, I tried to open the CCD behind the lens, cleaned it with a Q-tip and voila, all the spots are gone. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q_Kd6xN45QA?rel=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"black spots on lens\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_spots.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"spots behind the lens\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_spots.JPG\" alt=\"spots behind the lens\" width=\"250\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"black spots on lens\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_spots1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"black spots on lens\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_spots1.jpg\" alt=\"black spots on lens\" width=\"250\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Assuming we can get to the back of the camera like I did with our Lumix ZS8, remove 3 screws and lift the CCD up and we can see all these dust with the shapes showing on our images.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"3 screws for CCD removal\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_spots35.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"CCD Screws\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_spots35.JPG\" alt=\"ccd screws\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"CCD and Back of lens\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_spots29.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"CCD and Back lens\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_spots29.JPG\" alt=\"ccd and back lens\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"CCD surface with dirt\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_spots30.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"CCD surface\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_spots30.JPG\" alt=\"CCD surface\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Back of lens\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_spots31.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Back lens\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_spots31.JPG\" alt=\"back lens\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The dust and residue on the CCD surface and back of the lens are visible, I just use a dry q-tip to wipe the ccd and the lens very lightly, the dust are gone right away.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Dry Q-Tip\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_spots33.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Dry Q-Tip\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_spots33.JPG\" alt=\"Dry Q-Tip\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Back of lens Cleaned\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_spots32.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Back lens cleaned\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_spots32.JPG\" alt=\"back lens\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Spots are gone\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_gone.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Spots are gone\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_gone.JPG\" alt=\"Gone\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Spots are gone\" href=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/sm_gone1.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ccd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"spots are gone\" src=\"\/media\/techs\/zoom\/tn_gone1.JPG\" alt=\"back lens\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Recommended Articles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014-06-22\u00a0Some spots get back in the back of my Lumix ZS8 lens again &#8211; I had to remove them. 2013-03-17 I don&#8217;t know how, but my pictures came out with black spots on them, especially with lighter, whiter scenery. 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