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Old 29-09-2009, 07:47 PM
dpastern (Dave Pastern)
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Good luck Trevor, might be a tricky job imho. I'd be making sure to get something in writing that if the person cleaning it screws up, they cover the cost of the sensor repairs, etc.

I wouldn't go near it myself. I'm a bit miffed with Canon Australia - whilst our American fellows get it mostly down for free, Canon Australia charges through the roof for what is, in reality, a design flaw. I base this comment on the fact that modern DSLRs have self cleaning sensors - if there was nothing wrong with the original design, why change it?

My sensor on my Mark IIn has hundreds and hundreds of dust bogies, much to my annoyance. And no, I didn't put most of them there, they were there when I bought the camera. I notice them more than most, since I shoot macro. If I'm doing macro, it means cleaning up to around 300 dust spots from EACH image...it's one of the reasons that I rarely use the camera these days.

Dave
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