Thu, 20 Jul 2006
It turns out that the problem I had with the spots on my sensor have actually been there from the very first picture I made with the camera. In other words , the camera's been _delivered_ with dust on the sensor , right fresh from the shop.
The only thing I had done before making that first shot was unpack the camera, remove the protective lids on the camera and lens-back and join those two together. The chance of _that_ action alone producing that amount of dust is negligable..
The interesting thing is that I don't seem to be the only one having had this problem; there are reports on the net of other people with spots on their sensor that report that the dust has been there from the start. Also, people complain that there's a chance that if you let Canon clean your sensor for you; you'll get it back with the dust re-distributed, but not removed.
So, €60,- onwards, at least I fixed the problem and have geared myself up so that I can solve further issues by myself, too.. but somehow my sense of justice is forcing my criminal mind to think of ways on how to extort that €60,- back out of Canon for having me go through all these hoops just to get what I paid for; a camera that'll produce spotless pictures (at least that may be expected of a €1000,-+ camera, right ?
Mood: Annoyed at Canon , Grrrrr