Forum: Photography


Subject: Dirt on the mirror, Pentaprism of 5D

Fotogen opened this issue on Jul 04, 2006 · 11 posts


Fotogen posted Tue, 04 July 2006 at 5:39 PM

I just talked to the place where I purchased the camera.  They said that they would take it back had I not sent in the rebate form to Canon yet, which I already have.  So I am gona talk to Canon tomorrow, if no results comes out of that, I will follow your advice Joe.

I was reading "dpreview" today on this topic and there seems to be a problem with dirt in the viewfinder with this camera.  There were quite a few people with the same issue.

It is funny that if you register your 5D with canon now, they will give you $100.00 toward a repair and will guarantee that the work will be done within 3 days.  I wonder why they are offering this for 5D only?

Please don't get me wrong about the product.  This is one of the best camera's I have shot with.  I I have shot a little with 1D, mark II and that is a great camera as well, but a little too heavy and bulky for me.  So it is sad that it has this issue.  Hope canon comes through with a permanent solution, because this can happen over and over again.