Ok, I have a question.
It might be a dumb one but I'm going to ask it anyways.
Since people I know have been using digital camera's they have been capturing "orbs."
Inside. Outside. Different places.
I just got a digital camera this yr.
And every picture I have taken ( and ive taken alot) doesn't have an orb in it.
My house is probably the most dustiest house around and I don't seem to catch orbs here...or outside.
I know we all have our opinion on orbs. The question isn't about what the are.
I'm just curious if anyone else that uses a digital camera seems to never pick up orbs in there pictures like some people do.

It's like my Sony vid cam, hardly ever picks them up...

It may have to do w/pixels or the flash, or the lighting of the area your taking the pic. Try at night ...walk into one of your dustiest rooms without the light on...then take a pic w/flash in the dark room. See if you get any then.

It has to do with how close the particles are to the lens and how close the lens is to the flash. I know that some brands make them bell shaped and diamond shaped instead of the typical round orb.

Your Sony cam doesn't have an external light and I think that is why you don't pick up many . If I don't use the external light my cam doesn't pick up that many.

Here is a good explanation about orbs & digital cameras.
http://www.sgha.net/orbs.html

And below is an article that used to be on Fuji Film. I would think it applies to all brands.

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.

Another good article.
http://www.ghostvillage.com/resources/2006..._11092006.shtml

It is funny that you posted about this. I just received an email yesterday from someone telling me they had photos with orbs and then none in the next photo. They were reading on out site and they did the dust test and did not get orbs. Seems her husband stirred up some dust but none appeared on her photo. I tried to write back to suggest that they weren't in the next photo because the particles were no longer close to the lens and ask her how far away she was from the dust that her husband stirred up, and to try standing real close to it when she did the test. But I got a Mailer Daemon Return Service Unvailable message. She told me it was a controlled test but she didn't say how she managed to eliminate all the teeny particles out of the air. :o I guess she didn't want a reply, evidently she just wanted to point out that I was wrong.

Another thing to check is to see if you have any red lights on the front of your camera. Some red eye reductions use red lights. From our experience, you can cut down a lot of dust orbs by having a red light showing before the photo is taken. I am not 100% sure why this seems to work most of the time, but it does for us. I have a feeling it is something to do with the red light giving the dust a regular color that the camera will filter out on its own.