5DII Sensor Cleaning

I got pretty adept at cleaning a 5Dc sensor with my Copperhill Kit. It took a few swabs, but I was finally able to clean all the oil spots on the sensor.

I have recently found an oil spot on my 5DII very similar to the ones I used to get on the 5Dc; its persistent and won't go away with air or brush.

I'd like to use swabs to do a thorough wet cleaning of the 5DII this weekend and I just wanted to see if there are any extra precautions I need to take becuse this would be my first cleaning of a self cleaning sensor. Is the method exactly the same? I don't wanna 'break' the sensitive vibrational sensor cleaning function cause I'm not even sure where it is

P.S. Amazingly, my 2 year old 7D (probably has the same autoclean mechanism as the 5DII) has had ZERO oil spots. In fact I have never had to even use air or brush on it .. it just stays clean

Where did the oil come from? I've got 3 bodies here and haven't found oil on any of mine.

alphamalex wrote in post #13737458
I got pretty adept at cleaning a 5Dc sensor with my Copperhill Kit. It took a few swabs, but I was finally able to clean all the oil spots on the sensor.

I have recently found an oil spot on my 5DII very similar to the ones I used to get on the 5Dc; its persistent and won't go away with air or brush.

I'd like to use swabs to do a thorough wet cleaning of the 5DII this weekend and I just wanted to see if there are any extra precautions I need to take becuse this would be my first cleaning of a self cleaning sensor. Is the method exactly the same? I don't wanna 'break' the sensitive vibrational sensor cleaning function cause I'm not even sure where it is

P.S. Amazingly, my 2 year old 7D (probably has the same autoclean mechanism as the 5DII) has had ZERO oil spots. In fact I have never had to even use air or brush on it .. it just stays clean

alpha,

There should be no difference cleaning the 5D2 than any other cam.

The amount of oil found in D-SLRs varies greatly, some will have no trace at all while others have quite a bit. Really don't know why other than different technicians assembling and/or servicing. But a full-frame sensor probably attracts more oil and debris than a 1.6.

Nicholas
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@rick .. the mirror assembly on the 5Dc is well known for slinging lubricant on the sensor. I was hoping the 5DII was immune from it, but it seems not ..