5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

[Warrenden]

Hi All

My new 5D MK 2 seems to have a fault on the senor, see attached photo. I have tried a different lens and it is just the same.

Any advise

Regards

Phil

[Hereford_EOS]

Re: 5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

Buy a blower like the Giottos Rocket Blower, well under £10.00 from most places.
alternately send the camera to Canon for servicing/cleaning, well worth the experts doing it.

[ST-EOS]

If you do decide to go along the blower route remember to have the camera pointing down. Also check your camera manual for how to clean (manually) the sensor. From memory it calls for a fully charged battery. Lots of how to videos on the Internet.

[Oggie]

Re: 5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

Get an Arctic Butterfly and do the job properly.

[colin C]

Re: 5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

Get an Arctic Butterfly

Silly name, but a very effective device.

Colin

[mwphoto]

Re: 5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

Yep arctic butterfly for me as well - don't like blowing debris around - whatever the method have the camera pointing down!

[tesarver]

Like was said above. Invest in the arctic butterfly, view some you tube videos, cause with a DLSR, this is the 1st of many dust particles that will land on your sensor as you exchange lens.

Happy Cleaning & shooting

Tom

[Alan Campbell]

Re: 5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

I agree with what has been said.
looks like a very small hair has got in when changing lenses,always change lens with camera body lens mount pointing to the floor.
I have never used an arctic butterfly but they seem to be highly rated.
I am sure Canon do a free sensor clean in the first year.
I had specks on my Canon 30D and they did not charge anything.
Alan

[sharpshooter]

Re: 5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

Eos mag sell a great sensor cleaning brush that is much cheaper than the arctic . I use it all the time and it works a treat. Sorry forget what they call it. Get used to digital retouching of images though as you will never entirely avoid the odd speck or two appearing where dust manages to fiind it's way onto the sensor.

[sharpshooter]

Re: 5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

Just looked it up and they simply call it a sensor cleaning brush-£23- worth every penny in my experience .

[bigal1000]

Re: 5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

Just looked it up and they simply call it a sensor cleaning brush-£23- worth every penny in my experience .

Yep Butterfly works on my dust..........

[tesarver]

Re: 5D MK 2 Senor Mark on Image

Get an Arctic Butterfly and do the job properly.

Well worth the cost and it works.

Tom