topic Re: Sensor cleaning and strange noise, or no noise in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Sensor cleaning and strange noise, or no noise

Shanethomas — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 02:45:21 GMT

Hello, new here.

So I just bought a 6d from having a t3i, and on auto sensor cleaning I don't hear anything like I did with the t3i. But when I force a clean now, It clicks instead of the "twinkle or fairy dust" sound the t3i made on auto clean. In fact on auto I don't hear anything.

The screen shows it's cleaning on auto and clean now, but the clicking sound it makes with clean now is sorta concerning.

Any thoughts would be helpful.

Thanks.

Re: Sensor cleaning and strange noise, or no noise

Waddizzle — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 02:59:06 GMT

@Shanethomas wrote:
Hello, new here.
So I just bought a 6d from having a t3i, and on auto sensor cleaning I don't hear anything like I did with the t3i. But when I force a clean now, It clicks instead of the "twinkle or fairy dust" sound the t3i made on auto clean. In fact on auto I don't hear anything.
The screen shows it's cleaning on auto and clean now, but the clicking sound it makes with clean now is sorta concerning.
Any thoughts would be helpful.

Thanks.

Contact Canon Support.

Re: Sensor cleaning and strange noise, or no noise

Ray-uk — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:47:33 GMT

When you do a forced clean, the mirror goes up and returns, that is the click you hear.

Normal cleaning is silent, it doesn't sound as though you have a problem at all.

Re: Sensor cleaning and strange noise, or no noise

Shanethomas — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:39:01 GMT

Ah, that makes sense.

Thank you.