canon EOS 20D sensor cleaning

[guillaume_1980]

hello all,

I'm new to this forum and i'm coming here because i couldnt find an answer to my question so far..

It's about my canon EOS 20D sensor cleaning, after a year without being used i've found some "artefacts" appeared on the pictures... I know there is a lot of stuff said, done and shown about it...But it's no dust.. i've ordered a cleaning kit from visible dust which came very complete with all the bells and whistles... but the "cracks" won't disappear..

Yes this looks like what i can only describe as "veins" or cracks.. like a mycosis..

I've took a picture for you to see.

Any input will be GREATLY appreciated since i'm in a state of .. despair right now i'd say. .

Thanks guys !

ps: forgive me if i made some mistakes, english is not my first language.

[guillaume_1980]

hello, thanks for you input.

Yes it looks like fungus or something like this indeed...

It's no hair for sure at least. When i blowed air with air bulb blower or rub it with the appropriate tools nothing moves. It seems to be "behing" a layer of glass actually (like roberthefat said for the sensor).

Unfortunately we don't have a canon representative here in New Caledonia..Best bet would be to bring it to a shop in Australia on a trip to see if they can do something, at least appraised it, but if the repair cost more than the camera itself... argh...i'm doomed ! 😕

[Waddizzle]

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@guillaume_1980 wrote:

hello, thanks for you input.

Yes it looks like fungus or something like this indeed...

It's no hair for sure at least. When i blowed air with air bulb blower or rub it with the appropriate tools nothing moves. It seems to be "behing" a layer of glass actually (like roberthefat said for the sensor).

Unfortunately we don't have a canon representative here in New Caledonia..Best bet would be to bring it to a shop in Australia on a trip to see if they can do something, at least appraised it, but if the repair cost more than the camera itself... argh...i'm doomed ! 😕

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Repair cost is almost certainly to be more than the cost of a used 20D. 

I have a camera in the shop getting repaired right now, because I love it so much.  I look at it like this.  I would compare it to restoring an old car.  When I get it back, I intend to retire it in under environmentally controlled conditions.

[RobertTheFat]

I happened to get to work on a 20D a few months ago. I'd never even seen one before.

A colleague at work brought in a 20D he'd bought when it was current, and his wife (so the story goes) immediately tried to jam a CF card in backwards and bent the pins. He had thrown it in a closet and basically forgotten about it. But after he'd been with us for a while and concluded that I knew something about cameras, he brought it in to see if I could fix it. The camera was in mint condition except for the bent pins, so I agreed to give it a try. Surprisingly, I was able to straighten the pins enough to get it working. It was one of those operations where you wish you had three hands: one for the flashlight, one for the magnifying glass, and one for the long-nose pliers. It took me a couple of hours, but I somehow managed to do it. The camera's owner was overjoyed; but whether it was actually worth the trouble, who can say?

[ebiggs1]

There is a big difference between fixing old obsolete gear and paying cash money to do so.  I have said many time all DSLR's take good pictures.  This is true for the 20D but for the same amount of money a more current obsolete camera can be had.  Removing or cleaning mold/fungus is one of the more expensive tasks.  If every bit is not removed, it will just return.

But first it has to be looked at by a person that is familiar with servicing Canon cameras.   Not by a bunch of guys guessing what might be wrong.