Canon USA Service Notice Regarding Oil Spots on Canon EOS 1D/1Ds Mark III Sensors

Canon can't catch a break with the 1D MKIII can they?

http://community.the-digital-picture.com …1ds-mark-iii-sensors.aspx

Here it is on Canon's site:

http://www.usa.canon.c​om …999&keycode=211​2&id=57853

^+1

Now on UK Site as well

http://www.canon.co.uk …993&page=1&type​=important

Anyone here run into this issue with their MKIII?

timnosenzo wrote in post #7919876
Canon can't catch a break with the 1D MKIII can they?

http://community.the-digital-picture.com …1ds-mark-iii-sensors.aspx

Here it is on Canon's site:

http://www.usa.canon.c​om …999&keycode=211​2&id=57853

lol time they made a fully working MK4 that does not need to keep going back
Rob.

Nope...but I guess I can shoot a white wall at f/22 to fine out.

timnosenzo wrote in post #7920280
Anyone here run into this issue with their MKIII?

This may even drive down the price of an used markIII even lower....

This darn camera is just plain cursed. Time to move on to the MKIV.

At least it is an easy fix....heck I would correct that at home.

Good news...the price will be lower and lower

Shoot, not again... so now, no one will buy my 1d!

maverick678 wrote in post #7920476
Good news...the price will be lower and lower

Gosh I would hope not for that. A q-tip sops up the extra bit of oil and wet clean solves the sensor issue. If it took 15 minutes I'd faint.

But alas....who knows. People absolutely freak out about the black hot shoe on a used MKIIn being scratched. The replacement part is $15 and you can do it at your desk in 5 minutes....go figure.

timnosenzo wrote in post #7920280
Anyone here run into this issue with their MKIII?

Maybe.

I was in downtown Chicago a couple weeks ago and noticed some large "spots" on the images when I pulled them in to the computer.

I haven't had a chance to investigate, I just assumed it was some (normal) sensor crud.

Guess I need to check it out.

EDIT: FWIW, I never had an issue like this until I sent it in for the latest fix ( owned the body since 2/2008 ). As it happens, the service tag claims the mirror box was replaced...

I had oil spot on my MarkIII, 5D and also on the 50D.

I cleaned the 5D recently and it was almost impossible to get the grease of. I cleaned the 50D about 2 months ago with Eclipse and got it almost 99% clean but 2 grease spot returned after about 1 week. So I believe that it is NOT a MARK III problem only.

50D "grease"

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timnosenzo wrote in post #7920280
Anyone here run into this issue with their MKIII?

Yep, it was a some stubborn spots and took several passes to get it clean using the copperhill method. As you can see below looks just like the press release from Canon.

pgifish wrote in post #7922580
I had oil spot on my MarkIII, 5D and also on the 50D.

I cleaned the 5D recently and it was almost impossible to get the grease of. I cleaned the 50D about 2 months ago with Eclipse and got it almost 99% clean but 2 grease spot returned after about 1 week. So I believe that it is NOT a MARK III problem only.

50D "grease"

your spots look like dust and gunk, not really like oil..

SPK64 wrote in post #7922639
Yep, it was a some stubborn spots and took several passes to get it clean using the copperhill method. As you can see below looks just like the press release from Canon.

that is one nasty one... I have some grease on mkiii even though i routinely clean it, and now that might explain why... Still, lucky i don't have ones like yours.. that is really prevalent in the shot