Are there are any dust spots on these images?

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I thought it easier to start a separate topic, I've tried to trade in a camera but the quote I've received is drastically lower than the initial quote for dust and condition of the camera. Firstly "Dust/fibre between lens and sensor impacting image", I didn't notice any dust when using the camera and going back through the photos I've taken with it at smaller apertures I can't see any dust spots. Unfortunately I don't have any proper test images looking for dust and I don't have the camera, I've uploaded a couple of images taken at F8 with a bright sky which are as good as I have and wondering if anyone can spot any dust in the images:

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zip download - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/iitj...ey=5dzwtds3w7pvb907x5akpvvcz&st=vmrz5ftn&dl=0

They also downgraded the condition assessing it as 'good' which means:

The item is in good overall condition, but may have some signs of cosmetic wear, i.e. light scuffing to some areas or slight shiny surfaces, the clean/mark-free glass, lens mount and lens barrel have some signs of wear. The focus ring is smooth and in good condition. There may be some light dust present.

When I looked over the camera I couldn't see a mark on it and checking over images of the camera I still can't see any marks on it that are even close to this description, in the photos there looks like there is a mark above the flash but I don't think there is anything there on the camera. Looking at their cameras for sale those rated 'good' have noticeable wear marks usually with patches of bare metal on them and even their 'excellent' ones seem to have visible marks at times as well.

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I'm really split on what to do because I likely won't get much use out of the camera if I get it returned and I wouldn't be comfortable trying somewhere else in case they do the same. However if there are visible dust spots in the images I'm missing which is entirely possible then I may as well write the camera off and accept the reduced quote. I did wonder if the camera had been damaged in transit which would seem to explain it but on reading posts there are others who seem to have had a similar problem with a reduced quote and when they've had the item returned, it doesn't have the issues listed so it may be the company are trying it on because they don't want the item or don't want to pay the original price.
 
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Access denied for me.

Also you don't stipulate whether a removeable lens or not.

I'm thinking not a removeable lens camera or you'd have said this.

If it's a non-removeable you'd see any significant dust when looking down the lens with a loupe I think.

Without more info difficult to help.
 
GreenNinja67 said:
Access denied for me.

Also you don't stipulate whether a removeable lens or not.

I'm thinking not a removeable lens camera or you'd have said this.

If it's a non-removeable you'd see any significant dust when looking down the lens with a loupe I think.

Without more info difficult to help.
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Thanks for looking, I've spent about half an hour with the Onedrive permission settings since it doesn't seem to allow you to share without an e-mail but it did finally claim all images were shared and were briefly working...that's really frustrating they've stopped again. I've checked on a few computers using private windows and they're all showing the image so I'm not sure why you're getting a permissions error

It is a Fuji XF10 which is a fixed lens camera but not one known for dust (like the Ricoh GRIII series), I'm sure it may be possible to see some dust shining a light down the lens but they've specifically said it's affecting the image quality which I can't see but I may be missing it.
 
I could see the first image, although it was very small so I can't pass a comment, and now all are saying access denied.
 
snerkler said:
I could see the first image, although it was very small so I can't pass a comment, and now all are saying access denied.
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For some reason it generates a low-res misshapen preview when it's shared externally but there should be a download link at the top right for the full resolution image. Just about everywhere else (this forum, imgur etc.) will not allow the full file to be shared so I'm stuck battling it out with Onedrive which for some reason is randomly refusing as well. I've added a download link with a zip containing all the files to see if that works any better.
 
JohnMcL7 said:
For some reason it generates a low-res misshapen preview when it's shared externally but there should be a download link at the top right for the full resolution image. Just about everywhere else (this forum, imgur etc.) will not allow the full file to be shared so I'm stuck battling it out with Onedrive which for some reason is randomly refusing as well. I've added a download link with a zip containing all the files to see if that works any better.
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Can you use something else like Flickr or Dropbox?
 
I seem to see a small dust spot or two in the skies in the images but nothing really worth mentioning. The camera looks very good cosmetically. Are you willing to name the dealer in question?
 
JohnMcL7 said:
Sure, I've added a dropbox link now as well
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@droj clearly has better vision than me as I can't see any dust spots, even looking at 1:1 :thinking: All I can see on the body is the couple of small scratches on the body below the flash.
 
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