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oooo.... is thi s the 300D that someone was selling here?

after accessment by canon they say even after cleaning the stains will be there. only way is to change the sensor......

Hi,

shirox wrote:after accessment by canon they say even after cleaning the stains will be there. only way is to change the sensor......

Usually the fungus will grow on the low pass/IR-cut filter first which is before the sensor and not on the sensor itself, but guess that Canon is not going to only change the filter alone as it's glue onto the sensor unit... change the whole sensor unit with the filter on it is easier.

Have a nice day.

cloud_cover wrote:oooo.... is thi s the 300D that someone was selling here?

hey cloud, nope not the 300

hmm i got a friend of mine to clean the cmos.
on opening the shutter, i saw the fungus immediately.
cleaned it and its gone!!!!! tried taking photos and everything is back to normal again. But just to play safe that it won't grow again anytime soon, think better to get canon to clean it thoroughly.

An image to smoothen everyone's heart with a nice sunset from my room's window.

pfft. typical of canon to say "it can't be fixed, blah blah blah"

thing is.. you don't even need to send it to Canon. IR-mod it (remove the IR cut filter and replace with plain glass). Camera Workshop does this for a fee.

you will get rid of the front glass which had the fungal growth.. AND it will become a fantastic astro-camera. You can still use it for regular photography with a custom white balance.

mind if i ask how much it is usually to mod the camera?

no idea what Camera Workshop charges. couple hundred dollars probably.

some of the folks here might be able to do it though..

thanks!