I cleaned my focusing screen today on my 5D and it was not hard at all. I tried a technique rarely talked about online. It took less than 5 minutes and now my screen looks great! IMPORTANT: This method is only for the removal and cleaning of the f...
I just received the GIOTTOS Rocket Air blaster that seems to have turned out to be a disaster. I should have been suspicious when the packaging read "Please give your Rocket Air a squeeze or two before using it to ensure your Rocket delivers clean a...
Does anyone know if the black foam light gasket pads inside the light box of my 5D are replaceable? You can see the black foam pad on the right of the attached photo is coming apart which could be adding black particles onto my focusing screen. I s...
Does anyone happen to know a legitimate source for the latest firmware update for the first generation EOS 5D? The current version in my camera now is 1.1.0 and believe the latest final release for this now unsupported by Canon 5D is verion 1.1.1.Th...
Hi Forum,I just recently acquired a mint condition 5D from the mid 2000s with very little use, looks like new, but has been sitting for 15 years. It did have a small amount of dust in the focusing screen prism that I wanted to remove since it was vi...
I agree, I have seen alcohol dissolve some plastics. Water is one of the best solvents known to man. I do like the ideal of using distilled or boiled water just to be in the safe side.
What I had on my focusing screen were black specks either caused from the rubber bulb of the airblaster or mirror cushion foam. They were in the center, very distracting.