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Received this new body yesterday, only had a quick play but straight away coming from a 400D it feels so much better to handle. It suits me much better as ive got large hands.

The setup on it is quite abit different and will take abit of getting used to that for sure. Only slight problem seems to be that there is abit of dust in the viewfinder, can anyone offer advice on this?

Paid £370 delivered for it...

Canon EOS 40D
4 batteries
C30DP battery grip with a digital display and timer functions
and a cartridge for 6 AA batteries
Lexar 1GB 80x speed CF card
CB-5L Battery charger
Canon Leads and CDs
 
ChrisH said:
Just be very carefull not to get a fingerprint on it or you'll be shelling out for a new one.
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I have to agree with that although, the situation can be partially salvaged with lenspen (on the smooth side). I was cleaning the fingerprints from the 1D focus screen left by the previous owner and it improved somewhat, but eventually I will have to put a new one in.
 
I'm in a similar position to you currently owning a 400d. Ive just upgraded the kit Lens to a tamron 17-50mm 2.8 and love it but tempted by a 40/50d but unsure of what to do.

Is the image quality much better on the 40d? Everyone has said the build quality is miles apart. Is it easy to use the new dials?
 
The dust will probably be on the underside of the focusing screen, above the mirror. No need to remove it - use a rocket blower (Giottos, Amazon) but be very careful not to touch anything.

Or just leave it - a certain amount of dust is inevitable and does no harm.
 
netbook1 said:
Are they easy to replace? The focussing screens?
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yes, but you'd have to be a special kind of idiot to get it dirty in the first instance, children poking fingers in cameras gets them dirty but dust will get into the body if you have bad lens changing habits.
 
netbook1 said:
Are they easy to replace? The focussing screens?
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AdHoc said:
yes, but you'd have to be a special kind of idiot to get it dirty in the first instance, children poking fingers in cameras gets them dirty but dust will get into the body if you have bad lens changing habits.
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I know that you are both new members and perhaps you don't realise
that this is (probably) the most friendliest photography forum on the net.
Can we please try and keep the replies helpful? Cheers :thumbs:

In the mean time perhaps this might help

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=417029
 
Problem i have is a finger mark on my D90 mirror. Do Jessops offer a cleaning service for the mirror etc?
 
netbook1 said:
Problem i have is a finger mark on my D90 mirror. Do Jessops offer a cleaning service for the mirror etc?
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Just unscrew the lens and you are looking at the mirror,
very easy to clean.
Not quite sure why you would put a finger in there though?
Do you mean the sensor by any chance?
(but thats even more difficult to "touch" )
 
No, my young baby daughter put her little finger in there. lol

What is the best to clean it with (Mirror)
 
netbook1 said:
No, my young baby daughter put her little finger in there. lol

What is the best to clean it with (Mirror)
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Kids Huh? :lol:
Not sure if there are specific products on the market,
but I just clean it the same way as I would clean the lens glass.
 
Any special fluid to use to get the finger print off?

Oh, and can i use a cotton bud? Loads of them lying around!
 
Very good!! Still need to find something other than water to clean the mirror
 
Cleaning SLR mirrors is a specialised job - they should never be cleaned with any fluid of any kind, not optical glass cleaning fluid, nor alcohol based cleaners.

They have very delicate surfaces which are actually semi-transparent, because although you can't generally see them unless you look hard, there is a secondary mirror system hidden behind the main mirror, which diverts the image light hitting them, (which passes through the main mirror), to the AF sensor module located in the mirror-box. This is how the AF works in such cameras.

So - I'm afraid - if you've got a paw print on the mirror, best bet is to ship it off to Nikon or one of their recommended repair companies. Hours work, plus 2 way shipping, shouldn't be too bad :)

 
TheBigYin said:
Cleaning SLR mirrors is a specialised job - they should never be cleaned with any fluid of any kind, not optical glass cleaning fluid, nor alcohol based cleaners.

They have very delicate surfaces which are actually semi-transparent, because although you can't generally see them unless you look hard, there is a secondary mirror system hidden behind the main mirror, which diverts the image light hitting them, (which passes through the main mirror), to the AF sensor module located in the mirror-box. This is how the AF works in such cameras.

So - I'm afraid - if you've got a paw print on the mirror, best bet is to ship it off to Nikon or one of their recommended repair companies. Hours work, plus 2 way shipping, shouldn't be too bad :)
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Ok, good advice i guee. Thanks
 
no worries - It's best to be safe rather than sorry -after all, I'd hate whoever you sell the camera onto to find it'd been dunked in the bath or something stupid to clean the mirror :lol:
 
Finally got round to getting my viewfinder cleaned, it was the sensor that had to be cleaned.

Paid £18:99 at a local camera shop, I thought about trying it myself but thought I would rather get someone else do it who will have experience.

Does that seems fair price?

Only problem is they also found that the shutter button doesn't always fire they think the contacts need cleaning which would involve a full service at £148:00 which I can't really afford at the minute :(
 
Ah cool that's good to hear, i think they have done a good job aswell :)
 
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