Comments on: Canon EOS 5D Dust Problem

By: Valerie Safai

Valerie Safai — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:44:49 +0000

I have had my 5D for 2.5 years now and I thought maybe it was me…and crazy traveling adventures and changing of lenses that were attracting so much dust.

I’ve tried to clean it several times, and it never really comes out perfect.

This is extremely frustrating, especially for a photographer who spends LOADS of time in AFRICA shooting the SKY! (I also live in Switzerland where the sky is equally as amazing in the mountainous areas).

I’d rather spend more time shooting and less time in the digital dark room and this chronic problem has taken much of my enjoyment of shooting away.

There are many things I love about my 5D. But this completely bogus for the caliper of this camera.

I have a long-life warranty and after my recent return from Africa with over 2000 images I’m seriously considering putting my warranty to good use and putting up a stink with Canon to upgrade the body at no cost.

By: anil kumar.k.r.

anil kumar.k.r. — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:21:35 +0000

i am dubai based photographer faciing dust problem in the sensor.

By: dano

dano — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:28:03 +0000

Same problems with dust– everywhere. I thought
my eyes were the problem, until I read the posts about the viewfinder.

By: guillaume D

guillaume D — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:30:21 +0000

the sensor of the 5D is very prone to attract dust (more than the recent sensor)when I first got it 3 months ago I had to clean it every 3 days. to compare I clean my 40D’s sensor only every 2-3 months …

However, cleaning a sensor is very easy: I just tur my camera down and blow some air on the sensor and usually all the dust comes off. if they are persistent particules i use the “sensorklear” which is VERY efficient and easy to use, plus I have the feeling that, for some reason, the sensor attracts less dust.

By: Scott S

Scott S — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:43:05 +0000

I haven’t read any recent posts on the Canon 5D’s sensor problems. Any new developments? I’ve had my 5D for two years and I’m extremely frustrated with persistent dust in photographs that have just a modest aperature. Because I use a low ISO with maximum depth of field when I shoot landscapes and sometimes close ups, I have to spend up to thirty minutes zapping dust specks in Lightroom. Any suggestions? Are all Canon bodies like this???

By: zz

zz — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:53:21 +0000

Dear All,

you can try 5D MarkII

or send ur 5D to Canon service center, they can clean it.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:00:36 +0000

Hi Jill…
You still look great…

New last name eh…you must really be enjoying your life now…
It is ok to say hi to an old friend..

Cheers,

Phil b.

By: Kris Kendrick

Kris Kendrick — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:16:19 +0000

I have found that I can live with the viewfinder debris. To get the rest of the dust and crud out that actually reads in shots, I have to clean 2 or 3 times in a row, taking test shots and checking each one in a grid-like archaeological fashion between each round of cleaning to make sure I get all of it. I’m also one of those risk-taking mirror-cleaning people. Blowing on the mirror is useless - you need something slightly damp, and the liquid should be volatile, a methanol-based cleaner is what I use (yes - I know that it’s a dangerous practice, but I don’t do it often). It’s laborious and time consuming - but the 5D is such a fantastic piece of equipment - it’s worth it.

I keep a second factory-cleaned & wrapped body in my bag at all times for those times when I’m on location, can’t clean, and MUST get THE SHOT.

By: Dritan K

Dritan K — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:20:24 +0000

Hello to everyone, I just read the comments of your problems with the Canon 5D, I can`t believe it, I was about to buy the camera, but now I can`t and I wont buy it, man, it is sad that this great company is reaping off photographers, this is insane….

Can anyone advise me what camera should I buy, what about Canon 40D is there any problem with that camera?

By: Gary Short

Gary Short — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:14:41 +0000

Hi - In general it isn’t dust! It is grease/lube from inside the chamber. For the first 4 month of use I never removed my good quality lens with seal! but still loads of black speaks! The black specks in general can not be blown or brushed off, you have to wet clean! In fact if you try to dry brush (artic butterfly) you will probably make things much worse by smearing the grease!
This isnt easy but works. Unfortunately for me there must have been two pin pricks in the IR sensor coating and they absorbed some of the cleaning chemical. So I recomend the first clean is done by a Canon approved dealer.

Has anyone else self wet cleaned the sensor and experienced a similar problem?