DPReview TV: How much do scratches, dust and fingerprints affect lens image quality?
(Digital Photography Review)

We all know that damage to your lens is bad, but just how bad is bad? Chris and Jordan investigate the image quality impact of dust, water, fingerprints and cringe-inducing scratches on your lens. As you might imagine, the results range from `barely noticeable` to, well, much worse than that. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Introduction Fingerprints Mist and water droplets Dust Light scratches Deep scratches What we learned Sample images from this episode $(document).ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({`containerId`:`embeddedSampleGallery_4393505357`,`galleryId`:`4393505357`,`isEmbeddedWidget`:true,`selectedImageIndex`:0,`isMobile`:false}) });