I posted this here, and in cameras to get a variety of responses. I don't know what they are, I have no opinion. I'm looking for opinions, not get my head ripped off by people who think other people who have orbs in their pictures are going to burn in Hell. I already know I'm going to Hell, that's not the question. The question is orbs....and further to that, why doesn't Yahoo! have a paranormal section?
2007-03-18 02:34:00 · 15 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's dust particles reflecting in the flash and is common in digital cameras because of the way the photo is stored in pixels and not directly to film.
I've had that happen to numbers of photos... took my camera in and they explained the microscopic dust thing. After I got an indoor air filter... they stopped happening.
It's not paranormal.
2007-03-18 02:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
why try to construct some supernatural explanation when there are plenty of normal explanation? The dust and the lens flare answers that many have given would quite adequately explain orbs.
Orbs have always been produced on film cameras too, but due to the mechanical differences between the two technologies orbs are more prevalent with consumer digital equipment. (which is why we get some many orb questions all of a sudden)
The optical systems on both type of camera are essentially the same, but the capturing element of the system in digital cameras, the CCD Charge-coupled device, is almost always a lot smaller than that of a typical 35mm film frame, this combined with a known issue of photography called a Circle of confusion is the cause of orbs that are so often seen with digital cameras.
The actual orb itself is a product of the mechanics of the cameras lensing system and associated CCD combined with the reflection of the cameras flash off of some nearby particle such as a water droplet or dust particle. As the light reflected from the flash is so close the cameras lens it appears out of focus as a Circle of confusion. Consumer digital cameras tend to be rather small with the flash very close to the lens, this causes the reflected light returning from any nearby particles particularly bright, predisposing the system as a whole to the orb phenomenon. Orbs are rarely seen on cameras, even digital cameras, where the flash is somewhat distanced from the lens.
2007-03-18 02:48:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've had things show up on some pictures from a regular camera, no orbs as of yet. I havn't figured out how to use my new digital camera yet. I'm looking forward to it. I'd rather be in hell, than standing with the sappy christians, I hear it is warm there.
2007-03-18 02:48:01 · answer #3 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people believe that orbs are the spirits of those past. That only show up on film. But If you want a more scientific approch. Orbs can usually be determined as one of two things. One is it could be a bug caught in flight, which would show up as a blur. But most commonly Its dust. Dust flying around the room can catch the light and show up on film as orbs or smiling orbs.
2007-03-18 02:46:14 · answer #4 · answered by duckmayo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most orbs are dust and moisture particles
the reason it happens more on digi cams is the fast shutter speed
and i am saying this as someone who believes in spirit and spirit photography
but when you can capture them on a slow speed and can rule out any normal reasons ... then you are perhaps talking about spirit
there is a paranormal section under science ( other sciences )
but it is not used very much sorry
2007-03-18 02:39:18 · answer #5 · answered by Peace 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about the orbs, and have seen them myself.
But yahoo answers dose have a paranormal section, go to all categories~mathematics and science~ alternative~paranormal phenomena...hope to see you there!
Blessed Be!)o(
2007-03-18 02:59:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dust. It gets close to the lens and it is out of focus which makes it look like a sphere.
Try it on purpose something. Stir up dust, take a picture, and you will see.
2007-03-18 02:49:24 · answer #7 · answered by Alex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't only appear on pictures taken on a digital camera, I used to deliberately put in "natural" lens flare, but I'm hardly a pioneering artist because of it.
Raven etc, what do you _want_ them to be?
2007-03-18 02:51:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The orb is just a reflection. :) I don't necessarily think it is paranormal.
2007-03-18 02:38:54 · answer #9 · answered by mx3baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, they are reflections of light from the flash from tiny particles of dust etc. that you cannot see with the naked eye.
2007-03-18 02:41:54 · answer #10 · answered by Neo Tarantula 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋