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What causes these squiggly lines in my photos and on my sensor?
Looks like fungus on the sensor (possibly under the low-pas filter). Some examples:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/canondslr/discuss/72157604712577076/
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3556906
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What causes these squiggly lines in my photos and on my sensor?
This is too long to post as a comment:
In a past life I've looked at many silicon wafers under a microscope with various stacks of deposited thin films and while I can't say so definitively, the ...
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What causes these squiggly lines in my photos and on my sensor?
It looks like the two main hypotheses are:
Fungus (xenoid)
Cracks (uhoh)
Either seems possible, and with the given info (including the updated photos), neither can definitively be ruled out. It ...
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Should I use a SD to CF adapter in my older camera?
The primary advantage of the former is that it avoids necessitating the purchase of a CF-USB adapter to upload photos to my computer (and from thence to my hardrive).
If this is your main reason then ...
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Can the Canon 5D Mark IV wirelessly trigger a single remote 430EX III-RT?
The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV has a built-in Wi-Fi radio with NFC (Near Field Communication) capability. It does not feature a built in radio transmitter for communicating with RT flashes.
You'll need ...
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Is the Canon 5D noise at low light better than the Rebel T3i/4i/5i/6i models?
This comparison at The-Digital-Picture between the 5D at ISO 3200 and the Rebel T5i/700D at ISO 1600 looks fairly even, especially if one considers the difference in scale. (I chose the T5i because ...
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Should I use a SD to CF adapter in my older camera?
The biggest issue with using an SD to CF card adapter is that most of them aren't that reliable. So even if you have a fairly high quality SD card in it, if the adapter causes issues while you are in ...
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Megapixels: Do they matter that much?
I wouldn't think too much about the pixel difference, you will probably not really notice it (if your not truly into testing of course). Here is a link that compare the two camera bodies: http://...
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How good is the weatherproofing on a Canon 5D Mk IV
Neither the 1D X nor the 5D Mark IV are "weatherproof." Canon refers to both as 'weather resistant'. If you use either in the rain and water damages the camera it is not covered under warranty.
The ...
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Why does 5DSR have a low pass filter?
At the most basic level, one can surmise that Canon chose to include a low pass filter in the EOS 5Ds while also offering the EOS 5Ds R without¹ a low pass filter because they felt there was enough ...
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How can I tether my Canon 5D (original) to an Apple computer running the High Sierra OS?
There are two distinct versions of Canon's EOS Utility. Cameras older than around 2012-14 use EOS Utility 2.x.xx, while cameras since that time use EOS Utility 3.x.xx. EOS cameras released in the ...
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How good is the weatherproofing on a Canon 5D Mk IV
I took my 5D Mark IV out in very windy and raining conditions at the beach recently. I was using a lens that had a mounting gasket seal and did not change lenses as the conditions were almost ...
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Can the Canon 5D Mark IV wirelessly trigger a single remote 430EX III-RT?
The specs do include Radio transmission wireless flash shooting among the features, so I can see how you got that impression. But they also list Optical transmission wireless flash shooting despite ...
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Megapixels: Do they matter that much?
Megapixels In my opinion is not that significant, except in the case you really need them of course, but the jump needs to be double, for example from 12 to 24.
In my opinion, the best reason to ...
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Should I use a SD to CF adapter in my older camera?
There isn't necessarily a preferred method, because as you noted each option has its own pros and cons. Only you can make the decision what is right for you.
You need to consider:
Speed
Cost - ...
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Is the Canon 5D noise at low light better than the Rebel T3i/4i/5i/6i models?
I know it's not quite what you're after, but DxOmark will give you a nice comparision of the 5D Mark II and T6i (aka 750D). That shows the 5D Mark II being a whole stop ahead of the 750D (1815 vs 919 ...
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Do I really need a FF camera instead of an APS-C model?
Moving from an APS-C camera released in 2013, and especially one that has a sensor that dates back to the release of the 7D in 2009, to a full frame camera with a more up-to-date sensor should give ...
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What causes these squiggly lines in my photos and on my sensor?
The photo showing the sensor makes it obvious to me. It looks like cracks, not fungus or scratches.
The "squiggly lines" are clearly visible, and they are partly darker and partly brighter ...
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How can I tether my Canon 5D (original) to an Apple computer running the High Sierra OS?
Lightroom (Classic - as the desktop version is called nowadays) should support the Canon 5D since Version 3. I am not aware that the support was ever revoked.
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/...
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How can I tether my Canon 5D (original) to an Apple computer running the High Sierra OS?
According to this document you can use Lightroom to tether Canon EOS 5D.
Based on the version you can buy and use even a perpetual license (Lightroom 6). Here is link in Amazon (currently not ...
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Why does 5DSR have a low pass filter?
Artifacts such as a moiré (more-ay) are repeating maze-like patterns, with or without color. Artifacts are a fact of life because the digital camera uses an array of primary colors to fracture the ...
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Canon 50mm 1.8 lens not autofocusing on *one* camera
With another lens attached switching between AF & MF on the lens causes the icon to appear / disappear. With the "broken" 50mm lens attached switching between AF & MF has no effect and it ...
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Do I really need a FF camera instead of an APS-C model?
You're asking about upgrading a body, from a Rebel to a Pro camera, but that's not really the question, is it? That's a clarification point on a solution to which you've already arrived. To summarize: ...
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Not displaying AF selection modes on LCD
I have tried it on my 700D.
in the options there are "AF options" to be selected.
Fast: You can see the AF points. Whenever you focus, the mirror goes down to accomodete the focus. then the mirror ...
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Should I use a SD to CF adapter in my older camera?
Unlike other answers (including ones I've upvoted) I always use a USB card reader with my CF cards, and have only had one failure from 3 cheap readers (plus a couple of more expensive ones and ...
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How do I get rear-curtain sync on a Canon 5D classic with a Yongnuo YN-500EX?
Unless your shutter speed is 1/30 second or slower most newer Canon EOS bodies will use first curtain sync regardless of what is selected in the menu of a compatible flash (or via the camera's menu ...
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