I had a response from CentralDS this morning in relation to the first test shots I had sent to them. They claim the sensor was clean when they sent it and that by my attempting to clean it I had buggered up the epoxy coating they used on the contacts, and this had bled onto the surface. Now I have a real problem with that response as:
1. The first test shots that I had sent them were taken with the sensor right out of the box from them and I had not cleaned it, other than a puffer blow bulb. I wanted to illustrate to them what it was like with the evaporative pattern on it when I received it.
2. They had provided
absolutely nothing to me in the way of cleaning instructions or other information, just a sensor in the box.
3. When I did clean it for the last set of test shots, it actually improved from the delivered state. And cured epoxy is insoluble to cleaning fluid and I only touched the sensor with a small sensor cleaning swab - never straying onto the contact area.
etc etc.
Anyway, I have offered them three options:
1. I will return the sensor to them so they can clean it and fix it.
2. Or they can replace the sensor with a new one that has been debayered, and properly cleaned.
3. Or they can refund my money.
I will be sending the sensor back to them after the Christmas postal shutdown and they can decide what they do from there. I've decided I am not going to stuff around with it any longer. Grr, it's enough to make me buy a CCD camera to avoid all this stuffing around.
