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Caring for Your Camera (continued)
TECHNICAL NOTES—CARING FOR YOUR CAMERA
Cleaning the low-pass filter
The charge-coupled device (CCD) that acts as the camera’s picture element is fitted
with a low-pass filter to prevent moiré. Although this filter prevents dir t from adhering directly the CCD, under cer tain shooting conditions dirt or dust on the filter may
appear in photographs. In this case it will be necessary to clean the filter.
Determining Whether the Filter Requires Cleaning
The following two methods are available for deter mining whether the filter requires
cleaning:
that the shutter is not damaged, this procedure requires that the cam1 Toeraensure
be powered by an EH-4 AC adapter (available separately). Turn the camera
off and connect the adapter.
2 Remove the lens and turn the camera on.
Press the
button and press the multi selector up or
3 down
to select the custom settings menu.
pressing the multi selector to the right to enter the
4 After
custom settings menu, press the multi selector up or down
to highlight Custom Setting 8 (Mirror Lock-up for CCD
Cleaning) and then press the multi selector to the right
to display the menu of options shown at right.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
CSM MENU
Bank Select
Image Review
OFF
EV Step
BKT Order
AF Activation
Anti-mirror
Focus Area
ON
OFF
OFF
N
CSM MENU
F8 Mirror Lock-up
for CCD Cleaning
OFF OFF
ON CCD Cleaning
OK
CCD Cleaning and press the multi selector to the right. The mirror
5 Highlight
will be raised to the cleaning position and the shutter curtain will open, revealing
the low-pass filter.
the camera so that light falls on the low-pass
6 Holding
filter, examine it for dirt or dust. Should you find a
foreign object on the filter, clean it as described below.
If there is no dirt on the filter, display the Mirror Lockup for CCD Cleaning sub-menu as described in
steps 3 and 4 and select the OFF option. The mirror
will return to the down position and the shutter curtain will close.
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