The photographer Kurt Munger ran an experiment on how much dust, scratches and damages of the lens affect image quality. The results are very counterintuitive. At least for me. Fingerprints, dust, scratches, and even bits of non-transparent duct tape have no effect what-so-ever. The first signs of something going wrong appear with very serious lens damage, like this:
Even then, the image is not as bad as you’d expect. Here it is.
Read the whole thing for more details.
Согласен. Это лишь вопрос эстетического восприятия. Гораздо заметнее наличие грязи на сенсоре и зеркале (в случае с “зеркалкой”)
Ага, у меня на зеркале была ресничка – было ощущение, что в полглаза снимаю. :)