Saturday, 12 May 2018

dslr - Small, faint circle in corner of image. What is it?



I've started to notice a faint darkened circle in my photos. I tried to clean the lenses and I still see it.


What's causing these circles?


Link to imgur album since I don't have enough rep to post images yet. http://imgur.com/a/5K3vW



  • Camera: refurbished Canon EOS Rebel T3

  • Lens: EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Type II Lens

  • Post-processing: None.


Edit: Here's the images. img1 img2 img3



Answer




Looks like a hair on the sensor. Use your camera's built-in sensor cleaning function to see if you can dislodge it. If that doesn't work, you may have to clean it manually or take it to a camera shop that offers such a service.


Dust or hairs in the lens won't show up in photographs as they are too far from the plane of focus to be visible; have a look at this page to see how much you have to do to a lens to affect the photograph!


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