You might want to give your sensor a manual clean with a the appropriate swab and fluid before anything as drastic as disassembling the lens. The further from the sensor, the less visible marks are, which is what makes me think this is dirt on your sensor I’ve got lots of lenses with dust in and it makes no difference.
How easy is this to perform? Is the risk of messing up high? I don’t mind tinkering with stuff, but if there is too much risk I’d prefer just leaving it to a professional.
It’s really not hard, I’ve always done all of my cameras myself. But if you’re not confident then your local camera store might be able to do it for you for a fee.
I use swabs and fluid from Visible Dust and VSGO, you can normally buy them together in kits, just make sure you get the correct size for your sensor.
Don’t over moisten the swabs, just a couple of drops is sufficient, and don’t push down too hard on the sensor. Plenty of videos on YouTube I’d imagine.
No, that’s the thing. I only have the one lens. I just got into photography and got this camera second hand. It is in really good shape except for this. But yeah, ony one lens this far.
I’ve been wanting to get a zoom lens, but I don’t dare to buy anything since I don’t know what to look for yet. So my plan is to learn a lot about lenses and get a zoom lens when I know what to get.
Ok, one thing you might be able to try is to take the lens off and take a picture of the white wall again. If the spot is on the sensor it should be in exactly the same place. You might need to change a camera setting before it will let you do that though.
One thing that surprised me when I found out about it was to detach the lens and shine a torch up through it. It’s probably got a lot more dust in than you might expect, and it doesn’t affect the image. Likewise I’ve had mud on the larger end and not even noticed. That and having had some really dirty sensors in the past makes me think it’s probably that.
Yes. I don’t know exactly why, but I’ve been shooting digitally for 15 years and have dealt with sensor dust a lot.
I’d first clean the sensor with a swab and cleaning fluid, then test again before you do anything to the lens.