Sensor cleaned!
Posted by Craig | Filed under accessories, cameras
Well, I think I’m out of the woods with what I thought was a ruined camera, though I’m about $3,000 in the hole after replacing my 5D and buying all of the cleaning supplies. I needed to have the 5D right away and knew I wouldn’t get the cleaning stuff for several days, so I had a camera over-nighted with the hope that I could sell it once I got mine cleaned. I checked into rental prices and there was no way I was going to pay $150/day for the 5D.
On Tuesday I got the Smear Away, Sensor Clean, and pack of swabs from Visible Dust. I carefully cleaned the sensor and…(drumroll, please)…my Canon 5D is like new!
Here are the results:
There are a couple of dust specs near the upper right of the frame, but that’s to be expected and should blow off easily, but I’m going to leave it as is for now.
So now I have a 5D to sell and will try to get it up on eBay tonight. I’m hoping to get close to $2000 for it.
Whew!
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