6D sensor dust in one month?

[MartynV]

I feel your pain. I spent over 3 hours retouching sensor dust artifacts out of macro photos for an upcoming book and ALL of them were from my 5DII. My 5DIII seems to be 100% better and I change lenses a lot outdoors, so I'm surprised to hear that your 6D is having trouble.

I don't get this - why would there be any reason at all for the 5d3 being better at resisting sensor dust than 5d2 (or 6d)? Btw my 6d also already collected dust, but only the small stuff visible at f11+ ... I really hope this is not a systematic problem.

Hi Marsu42,

How old is your 6D? Did it have sensor dust courtesy of Canon? I wouldn't be surprised if the 6D is using 'hand me downs' from the 5D II.

Martyn

 

[bholliman]

Thanks for the reply. Perhaps the 5D III is using a more sophisticated sensor cleaning unit or simply that the 6D inherited the 5D II's. I think I'm right to feel disappointed by the amount of dust and requirement to spend money on cleaning products. I particularly like macro photography and look forward to buying your book.

I've owned my 6D for over nine months and change lenses quite a bit. I've not experienced any significant sensor dust issues. I check the sensor periodically with a loupe and clean with air occasionally. I have not had to resort to brushes or other cleaning beyond air. Maybe I've just been lucky?

 

[mackguyver]

Thanks, does Canon use a more powerful mechanism for vibrating the sensor than for its crop bodies?

I have no idea, but I never had any dust issues on my 450D, 550D, 60D, or 7D (yes, I was a serial upgrader!). I have yet to clean my 5DIII after a year or so of ownership and have no dust issues at all. Really.

Also, thank you for your comment on my book. I'm waiting on some botanists who are helping me with the identification of some of the flowers but hope to have it out in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Marsu42]

Perhaps the 5D III is using a more sophisticated sensor cleaning unit or simply that the 6D inherited the 5D II's.

I don't know about 5d2 or 5d3, but the 6d sensor cleaning is different from my 60d - the 60d is a "one phase system" (shake, open curtain, done) while the 6d does it twice, probably with different intensity(?).

How old is your 6D? Did it have sensor dust courtesy of Canon?

It's only a month old, and the dust wasn't there from the start - but I'm not surprised since I'm changing lenses outdoors a lot and have to admit I'm also not very careful avoiding dust while doing so - that's because I by now know that cleaning a sensor isn't a big issue if you don't want to shoot @f32.