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To: Apparatchik

A piece of dust or dirt on the lens.


24 posted on 11/05/2025 6:22:43 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Ancesthntr
A piece of dust or dirt on the lens.

Dirt or dust on the lens NEVER shows up in an image. The surface of the lens cannot be focused. Those serve only to reduce the light reaching the film or sensor.

It is probably a dead pixel in the sensor or a dropout during transmission of the image.

38 posted on 11/05/2025 7:21:26 PM PST by GingisK
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Thats what I thought, if all other pics that day had that on them...


48 posted on 11/05/2025 8:42:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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