5DSR sensor dust situation?

<p>Hi. I'm thinking to upgrade my 5D Mark II to 5DSR sometime soon. My consideration is how bad the sensor dust situation on 5DSR. I've been constant battling for sensor cleaning and dust spotting with my 5D II for past 7 years... especially shooting with wide angle, too many small dust on the corners although I constantly cleaning the sensor. I've been spending too many hours on Lightroom to clean up the dusts. Once I paid for professional cleaning, but soon it was covered with dust again. I hope this upgrading will also reduce the time for dust spotting on the computer. 5DSR owners, please share your experiences, thank you!</p>

<p>Why should it be any different?</p>

<p>I resume you're aware of Dust Delete Data in DPP http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/resources/blogs/2013/20131105_stoner_dustdelete_blog.shtml</p>

<p>My question is why you have so much of a problem with dust. I have had 4 Canon DSLRs (XTi, 50D, 7D, and 5DIII) over a period of 8 years, and I doubt I have done more than half a dozen wet cleanings across all four cameras. Do you have to change lenses in very dusty situations? I have found that if I am careful about changing lenses, I rarely get more dust than the cameras' automatic dust cleaning can handle. I'll often step into a sheltered area, and I always have the rear cap on the new lens loosened so that I can very quickly put it onto the camera. You might want to compare techniques with some people to see if you can lessen the problem.</p>

<p>I have never cleaned my sensor, apart from a few blowings with a blower bulb. There are a few spots visible when stopped down, but I don't worry about them. Certainly no big issue. I wonder if your cleaning is actually making it worse. I keep well away from the sensor as much as I can.</p>

<p>I have a 2008 5D MKII and have only need needed to clean the sensor once: it shipped with factory installed dust! After that initial cleaning I have never seen any spots and I routinely use wide angle lenses stopped down to F16. I'm careful where I change lenses--never on the beach or dusty places--but I also live in the tropics where it is humid and static electricity problems are nonexistent.</p>

<p>On the other hand, when I travel to dry climates I've seen huge dust bunnies appear in images on my 40D, SL1, 70D and 7D. No amount of cleaning in the hotel room could nix those particles. Once back in Honolulu, a few bursts with a hurricane blower and the dust is normally gone. I'm guessing if you live in a dry static prone climate, there isn't much you can do to defeat static electricity attraction and cling. Well, you could stow your camera next to an air ionizer and zap it constantly with an anti-static gun (works great for scanning negs in dry climates).</p>

<p>I took delivery of my 5DsR in August and haven't had to clean the sensor yet.</p>

<p>I've had my 5DsR for just over seven months and the sensor is still clean.</p>

<p>Additional to all the previous advise, you should never change lenses with your camera turned on. Also you should never have your lenses' rear element exposed, unless you are performing a lens change.<br>

The sensor of the camera will atract dust when energized, and that's the reason you need to turn it off before removing a lens or the camera cap. Due to the previous, all dust collected by the rear element of a lens will be transferred to the sensor when the camera is turned on.<br>

Finally, I may be to obsessive, but I wouldn't turn off a camera when it is pointing up, as the auto cleaning process won't be able to remove any dust from the sensor.</p>

<p>What Reuben says sounds right.<br>

The lens cleaning vibration has kept my 400D screen clean for maybe 9 years, but then I would almost always change lenses indoors with camera turned off and the mount facing out or down.<br>

My Leica M9 sensor gets quite dirty, but then I probably do often change lenses outside with the camera turned on, and might well have the camera turned up, so might have to change my habits.<br>

Can anybody confirm? </p>

<p>Thank you for responses. I am surprised that many of you don't have dust issue as much. My 5D II came with oil stains to start with... and cleaning made it worth. It was a nightmare until I purchased oil stain cleaning fluid. After that a small dusts issue is only serious for wide angle (17-40mm, the wide end), which I use often for landscape. As some of you wrote, I am being careful when I change the lens. When I have to change the lenses outdoor, I'm always turned camera off, pointing down, protect from wind, and do it as quick as possible.<br /> Puppy Face, I live in dry static climate (Anchorage, Alaska), which explain a lot! Additionally, during the long cold winter, my windows are shut most of months, I'm sure it's dusty too. I would appreciate if you update me with climate info in your location.</p>

<p>Not generally very dry here for extended periods in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney Australia. Lens mould has always been an issue, with dew most nights. I have used a dehumidifier in camera areas for maybe 25 years. Dust has always been a general problem, but not the EOS.<br>

I have assumed that Canon had the issue sorted with EOS vibrating sensors, and that only extreme conditions created a problem. I could suggest a humidifier and an air filter for your camera areas.</p>

<p>I haven't read of anyone having oil on their 5DsR sensor.</p>

<p>When I turn my cameras on and off, I point the lens toward the ground, in hopes that if there is any dust considering adhering to my sensor, that it'll fall off. Despite this, with all my prior EOS bodies, they've required sensor cleaning at some point. </p>

<p>If you ask me Sunny there's only one reasonable course of action for you, and that is to leave Alaska, and head for a warmer more humid climate ( less static). Lol, personally I'd do that anyway. If you don't want to do that, Visible Dust makes a sensor fluid which has anti-static properties, and they claim it leaves an anti-static coating on the sensor. ;)</p>

<p>Bruce, I wish I can move to tropic especially during winter months... I've been kept dreaming of it. It won't happen soon, but I need to check out the Visible dust anti-static sensor fluid. Thank you for info.</p>

<p>My 5dsr is not better or worse than other 5d. I regularly pedpad clean it just like all my other 5d series bodies. since the image is larger you'll notice more than you would on a 20mp photo. practice your corner cleaning techniques. should be done like professional window cleaners get the corners of windows which could be found on youtube. </p>