They won't do that, already asked.An othe option will be, look on eBay for just the sensor, go to camera shop and pay only for the labour. That will cost you cheaper.
They won't do that, already asked.An othe option will be, look on eBay for just the sensor, go to camera shop and pay only for the labour. That will cost you cheaper.
I am going to a repair centre tomorrow which is about 17 miles from me. They will have a look and then tell me what it would cost. I also mentioned only changing the glass cover that is on the sensor, the sensor itself is undamaged, it is just the little piece of optical glass in front of it that has the scratch on it.Thats a bad scratch there TMG1961, but like you say photoshop can can cure it most of the time.
I maybe wrong but if you convert to astro, they still keep the sensor but change the optical filter above the sensor.
either way 500 euros for a replacement sensor is too much to pay..
Let's hope the price is reasonable.I am going to a repair centre tomorrow which is about 17 miles from me. They will have a look and then tell me what it would cost. I also mentioned only changing the glass cover that is on the sensor, the sensor itself is undamaged, it is just the little piece of optical glass in front of it that has the scratch on it.
A astro conversion would cost me 280 - 325 euro depending on what option i take. Only downside is that i need to send the camera by mail.
Yes if the camera is converted to astro or Infra Red then the sensor is kept, they only take all the filters off and replace them with others.
Thats annoying indeed. I would certainly go for the astro mod instead then especially if you have decent dark skies close to you, so you can get the most out of it.What a waste of time, a 45 minute drive one way. I gave the woman behind the reception the camera, she went into the back and 10-15 seconds later a man came back with my camera and asked if i was sure it was a scratch and not dirt. I told him it was a scratch.
I told him to put the mirror up and then he could see it was a scratch, he told me he did and if that was a scratch the sensor was a write off. So i asked if he could replace the glas cover, they did not do that. He als did not replace sensors, strange because yesterday they told me on the phone that they did do that. Only thing he could do is take the glas cover of, price 120-150 euro.
I did not have the glass cover removed, from what i know it changes the focus. I will have a good look into astro conversion or sell the camera for spare parts.
Not much real good dark sky around my area. But it is either astro conversion or try to sell it for parts. Think i won't get more then maybe 100 euro's if i sell it for spare parts. I have asked the company that does astro conversions some questions, haven't heard from them yet. Will wait for their answer first.Thats annoying indeed. I would certainly go for the astro mod instead then especially if you have decent dark skies close to you, so you can get the most out of it.
Not much real good dark sky around my area. But it is either astro conversion or try to sell it for parts. Think i won't get more then maybe 100 euro's if i sell it for spare parts. I have asked the company that does astro conversions some questions, haven't heard from them yet. Will wait for their answer first.