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The Official Word From Fujifilm
There was a page on the Fujifilm site where they gave an official
explanation for the photographic anomalies we know as orbs (unfortunately
the page no longer exists). Their explanation involved the flash lighting
up dust particles that are in close proximity to the camera. Since
we have successfully captured orbs without flash and at least one
of our orbs may be partially behind a solid object (i.e. at
a distance away from the camera) we e-mailed Fujifilm for further
comments. This was their response;
Dear Helena
Cowell,
Regarding your correspondence:
I read your page http://home.fujifilm.com/products/digital/shooting/flash.html
with interest. I often see these anomalies on my photos - but
also without flash. And I captured one that appears to be partly
behind another object (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/h.cowell/orbs.htm).
To be honest, they can be something of a nuisance. Do you have
any further explanation for them and would I still see them
if I traded up with my camera? Thanks, Helena
The following response has been made:
Thank you for contacting Fuji UK.
Floating dust particles may cause white spots appearing at different
positions on pictures taken by a digital camera using the flash.
Dust in front of a subject reflects the flash light and the
image of the dust is captured out of focus.
Dust, snow, rain, pollen, condensation, or any small airborne
particles may cause the same problem.
The photograph will exhibit the nearby dust particle to be light
and big because it is out of focus, and to be round as the shape
of the aperture.
The particle will appear light and big because it is out of
focus; it may assume a shape similar to the aperture of the
camera, usually round.
This problem occurs when the flash emits light. If you find
this spot on the playback image, to correct this problem.
Take another picture: The dust that caused the problem may be
out of view. Just taking another one may solve the problem.
The newer Fuji cameras cope better with dust particles.
Sincerely, Fujifilm |
So, Fujifilm's response was to re-state the information on their website
and ignore our questions about the nature of the orbs on our site.
We suspect that no-one at Fujifilm actually looked at our photographs
and the response was an automated one. Perhaps they just get too many
queries of this type - or maybe they couldn't answer the questions!
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