Cleaning the CCD

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Shadows may appear in the image for white backgrounds and other shooting conditions if the CCD becomes dirty or dusty. This indicates that the CCD must be cleaned.

Removing Dust by Shaking the CCD

The Dust Removal function shakes the CCD to remove dust that has collected.

1 Select [Dust Removal] in the [R Set-up] menu and press the four-way controller (5).

Dust Removal

Dust Removal

Start-up action

MENU

OK Start

2 Press the 4 button.

The Dust Removal function is activated by shaking the CCD.

Select [Start-up action] and use the four-way controller (45) to select O (On) to turn Dust Removal on every time the camera is turned on.

Detecting Dust on the CCD (Dust Alert)

Dust Alert is a function that detects dust adhering to the CCD and visually displays the location of the dust.

You can save the detected image and display it when performing sensor cleaning (p.233).

The following conditions must be met before using the Dust Alert function:

•A DA, FA J lens or a D FA, FA and F lens that has an Aperture s (Auto) position is attached.

•The aperture is set to the s position when using a lens with an aperture ring.

•The focus mode lever is set to =.

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