> --- Paul Moortgat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A friend with one has a lot of trouble with dust in his 1Ds. Each > > time he change a lens, it seems that the dust creeps in to > the body. > > He tell me that Canon know about this, but can't cure it. Any idea?
> Bob Meyer wrote: > I'm not sure what you or he expect Canon to do to "cure" it. > When you take off the lens on any SLR you leave a great, > gaping hole in the front of the body. > If there's dust in the air, some of it can get into the body. > This is a problem with all digital SLRs. > > Ideas? Try to shelter the body when changing lenses. > Don't change lenses in windy, dusty conditions. Don't leave > the body without a lens while you do other things. Keep the > body with lens mount facing down while the lens is off. Besides a D30 I'm regularly using an EOS 1Ds -my main camera-. Dust in the sensor is an issue much bigger than with the D30 but has an easy, if not cheap, solution. Clean the sensor as many times as necessary, with Eclipse and sensor swabs from http://www.photosol.com/ . I hope a bigger swab, adapted to the 1Ds sensor, soon in the market. Every time you change a lens switch off the camera and, most important, turn your camera to the floor. If there is a strong wind or rain try to change the lens indoor or in a car or under your coat. I'm not a professional and I need a cleaning every week but for pros may need a cleaning every day. The system of electric cleaning of the Olympus E1 would be welcome in a next 1Ds, besides the 10D method for informing the camera of vertical or horizontal position. Felix * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
