Canon EOS 5D and dust: anything new?

i realize this may be a waste of time due to the incredible amount of
crap that appears to be on this newsgroup, but...

I have read that there is a serious dust problem with this camera (I
also read it's no different than any others, but the trend seems to be
there is - or WAS - a problem.

One of the things that concerned me was that a lot of people were
saying there was "factory dust" on the camera i.e. it was really bad
coming from Canon and required immediate cleaning and sometimes a
return. Most of these reports were coming from a few years back, so I
was wondering if this still appears to be the case or if Canon has
made any corrections to the problem?

thanks

On 5/27/08 11:08 AM, in article
409b9daf-1a49-4099-bc41-af0c5507df6f...oglegroups.com,
"lifeattempt@gmail.com" <lifeattempt@gmail.com> wrote:

> i realize this may be a waste of time due to the incredible amount of
> crap that appears to be on this newsgroup, but...
>
> I have read that there is a serious dust problem with this camera (I
> also read it's no different than any others, but the trend seems to be
> there is - or WAS - a problem.
>
> One of the things that concerned me was that a lot of people were
> saying there was "factory dust" on the camera i.e. it was really bad
> coming from Canon and required immediate cleaning and sometimes a
> return. Most of these reports were coming from a few years back, so I
> was wondering if this still appears to be the case or if Canon has
> made any corrections to the problem?
>
> thanks
Sounds like a lot of "Rita-Babble". I would suggest you do a Google on
"Canon 5D sensor dust" and see what comes up. Add a grain of salt, or two,
to the results, tho.

My .02

On May 27, 12:11 pm, George Kerby <ghost_top...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/27/08 11:08 AM, in article
> 409b9daf-1a49-4099-bc41-af0c5507d...@w34g2000prm.googlegroups.com,
>
>
>
> "lifeatte...@gmail.com" <lifeatte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > i realize this may be a waste of time due to the incredible amount of
> > crap that appears to be on this newsgroup, but...
>
> > I have read that there is a serious dust problem with this camera (I
> > also read it's no different than any others, but the trend seems to be
> > there is - or WAS - a problem.
>
> > One of the things that concerned me was that a lot of people were
> > saying there was "factory dust" on the camera i.e. it was really bad
> > coming from Canon and required immediate cleaning and sometimes a
> > return. Most of these reports were coming from a few years back, so I
> > was wondering if this still appears to be the case or if Canon has
> > made any corrections to the problem?
>
> > thanks
>
> Sounds like a lot of "Rita-Babble". I would suggest you do a Google on
> "Canon 5D sensor dust" and see what comes up. Add a grain of salt, or two,
> to the results, tho.
>
> My .02

Yeah I am smart enough to have done that, but as I said most of what
comes up is ~1-2 years old. There were a lot of posts about it, even
from some "professional" reviewers too (who got "beta" versions to
test drive). they even said only time will tell if this is a real
problem.

"George Kerby" <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> On 5/27/08 11:08 AM, in article
> 409b9daf-1a49-4099-bc41-af0c5507df6f...oglegroups.com,
> "lifeattempt@gmail.com" <lifeattempt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> i realize this may be a waste of time due to the incredible amount of
>> crap that appears to be on this newsgroup, but...
>>
>> I have read that there is a serious dust problem with this camera (I
>> also read it's no different than any others, but the trend seems to be
>> there is - or WAS - a problem.
>>
>> One of the things that concerned me was that a lot of people were
>> saying there was "factory dust" on the camera i.e. it was really bad
>> coming from Canon and required immediate cleaning and sometimes a
>> return. Most of these reports were coming from a few years back, so I
>> was wondering if this still appears to be the case or if Canon has
>> made any corrections to the problem?
>>
>> thanks
> Sounds like a lot of "Rita-Babble". I would suggest you do a Google on
> "Canon 5D sensor dust" and see what comes up. Add a grain of salt, or two,
> to the results, tho.

Really, I've been shooting a 5D for two years, and while dust can get in,
all it takes is a couple of minutes with a rocket blower to fix things. News
flash: any digital camera with a removable lens will have dust issues.