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05/18/2004 07:14:44 PM · #1 |
Who do I have to get in touch with in order to send it to canon for cleaning? :-\
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05/18/2004 10:26:28 PM · #2 |
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05/18/2004 10:30:54 PM · #3 |
Up and Away :P
Message edited by author 2004-05-18 22:40:32. |
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05/18/2004 10:38:03 PM · #4 |
I also have lots of dust on my sensor. Must also bring mine in. Only thing I live out in nowhere!
Message edited by author 2004-05-18 23:46:56. |
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05/18/2004 10:50:00 PM · #5 |
I recently went through this with my Fuji S602. I noticed dust in my photos last spring/summer. I contacted both the holders of my extended warranty (Mack), as well as Fuji. Since I didn't get around to sending it out for cleaning until this past January, my manufacturer's warranty expired (1 cleaning would have been covered under it), and the Mack warranty didn't cover this. I had to send my camera to the Fuji office in Toronto. They had it for about 3-5 weeks before I got it back. Cost me about $80 CDN to have it cleaned. It's worth the money to be happy with your photos again.
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05/18/2004 11:04:20 PM · #6 |
This has been posted many times before, but on the off chance that some have missed it, I'll post it again.
There is really nothing to be afraid of with doing you own sensor cleaning, if you follow this method. You'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner. And you don't go thru all the risk, hassle, and cost of shipping your cam to the manufacturer. In any case, Canon's procedure is nearly useless, IMO. The Copper Hill method is by far the best out there, and can be done at very low cost.
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05/18/2004 11:06:33 PM · #7 |
Some people don't like it but after nothing worked I did it with a can of compressed air and now is clean as new !
Manual says don't do it !
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05/18/2004 11:25:01 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by pitsaman:
Some people don't like it but after nothing worked I did it with a can of compressed air and now is clean as new !
Manual says don't do it ! |
On that, I agree with the manual. Although compressed "air" cans can certainly work, the swab technique is much less risky. The compressed-gas (they're not air) can contain contaminants (e.g. oils) that are HE**to get back off the sensor, and the gas is expelled at high velocity, which could propel grit into areas of the camera where it otherwise would not easily get, as well as possibly impacting/scratching the IR filter. The compressed gas is also less effective than swabbing. I'd steer clear of that method.
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05/18/2004 11:43:53 PM · #9 |
| I find it hard to understand that you pay this much for a camera and have this kind of a problem....it makes me question buying a digital SLR at this moment....wondering if a solution won't be a future reality as the price continues to drop?? |
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05/19/2004 12:01:59 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by dagaleaa:
I find it hard to understand that you pay this much for a camera and have this kind of a problem....it makes me question buying a digital SLR at this moment....wondering if a solution won't be a future reality as the price continues to drop?? |
It's not exactly a terrible problem. Just like your car, a camera requires a little work every now and then. It takes no more than 5 minutes to setup and swab a sensor (after a few tries of course). Making the camera completely air tight is just something that's hard to accomplish. Changing lenses will always cause air to come from the outside into the space between lens and mirror. Then once you fire the shutter, the last barrier between dust and sensor is gone; it has a chance to stick to the sensor. This is something you will never avoid.
But like I said first, it's just something you need to do to maintain your equipment.
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