What I am getting does not look like dust. It looks like someone fingerpainted with vaseline. And really small fingers.
Here is a sample of the 'smear' from the first Kx I bought, from B & P back in November. Its the questionmark looking thing to the left of the cumulous cloud:
When I saw this repeating, I tried blowing it out, but it didn't move. I was in the process of trying to get it off the sensor with a q-tip and rubbing alcohol when the camera shut itself off in Sensor Clean mode and the shutter closed, etc. And didn't open again. I am thinking maybe a fiber from the q-tip jammed in it? Anyhow, I sent it off to Chandler AZ via Fed Ex ( $ 60 to ship it) and when she said she didn't want to wait three to five weeks I bought another Kx body from a company called Fumfie, and we just got it on Monday. This sunset from last night with the totally new Kx body:
See to the right and up from the sun, aprox same area as in the other Kx.
She ran the dust removal mode, and nothing changed. the dust finder mode doesn't find this, either.
And so far, she won't let me even touch sensor cleaning mode if I am within fifty yards of a q-tip.
Any ideas?