RED DOT MYSTERY

I noticed on one of my ocean scene pictures I took in the Aleutian Islands, that there was a red dot on the lower middle of the picture.  It was teeny tiny and almost not noticeable.  When I started looking though, it was on ALL my pictures, in exactly the same place.  In some pictures it is more noticeable because of the colours in the picture.

Obviously, it must be the light metre or whatever within the camera but what the heck??  So I started to really look at the pictures.  I traced the red dot back to April 5/6.  No pictures up to April 5th had the dot, but every picture starting April 6th did.

So, I looked AT the pictures and saw that on the fourth of April we were heading back from Kamloops.  On the fifth I had taken pictures of the moon.  And the next day I had taken pictures of David and Jen, visiting us from Fort St. John.  I took pictures of them in the kitchen and that is where the dot makes its first appearance.

And then I remembered something.  In Kamloops I had purchased a UV/UB lens filter, a really good one at Future Shop.  It didn't fit.  So the day after getting back, I took it back to the store and bought the right one.  The next day I put it on when Dave and Jen were there and voila!! red dot.  Now I can't get the dam thing off the lens.  I think I will take it to Kerrisdale Cameras and get them to do it.

I really need a lens filter though.  I never use a lens cap, I would just lose it.  In fact I think I have already lost it.  Here are the 4/5/6 pics.  I don't think it will show up on this blog but I will post one pic where I zoomed in on it.  Its on Bill's shirt.

ON THE WAY BACK FROM KAMLOOPS, NO DOT

THE LAST DOT FREE PICTURE I TOOK

THE VERY FIRST DOT PICTURE 

FIRST PICTURE I NOTICED THE DOT IN

THE ZOOMED UP SHOT OF THE RED DOT ON BILL'S SHIRT





And thats more than you ever wanted to know about red dots.  TTYL