Re: CANON 5D....

"Bill Hilton" <bhilton665@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> And seeing as how this is the first full-frame sensor camer every,
>>> we obviously have no basis for comparison, do we?
>
>> Skip Middleton writes ...
>>
>>You mean besides the 1Ds/1DsmII? Which to my knowledge has no more
>>problems with dust than any other DSLR...
>
> You're wrong about that Skip, unfortunately. I have a 1Ds and it is
> much more susceptible to dust bunnies than our two 1D Mark II's (1.3x
> sensor), I would say it has to be cleaned about 4x as often. Used to
> use a Canon 10D (1.6x sensor) and that one rarely showed dust motes
> (had to clean it every few months), the 1D M II is noticeably worse
> (every couple of weeks) and the 1Ds worse still (every couple of
> days?), well out of proportion to the extra sensor size. Interesting
> to read Michael Reichmann's review of the 5D on his trip to Greece,
> where he comments that despite using mostly a single lens that rarely
> came off he still had to clean the sensor almost daily.
>
> Part of the price you pay for the higher image quality though :)
>
> Bill
>
Well, I got most of my info in an anecdotal form, from the 1D/1Ds/5D forum
on DPReview, where it didn't seem to be much more of a problem than on the
D30/D60/10D/20D forum. And my wife's cousin doesn't seem to have anymore of
a problem with his 1Ds (mkI) than his, or our, 20Ds.
I wonder why the larger sensor would have more of a problem. More charged
surface, perchance?

--
Skip Middleton
http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com


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