JohnC64

congratulations Gina - knew that you would get there - its been a roller coster ride following this thread

fingers crossed here

No more metal scrapers - I'll see if I can find some wood that will do

Looking on ebay, i have found a few places that are selling the sensors for 350D for about £30 - £40 (searched for Canon 350D sensor)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CANON-DSLR-REBEL-XT-350D-CCD-SENSOR-ORIGINAL-REPAIR-PART-/271256723891?pt=Digital_Camera_Accessories&hash=item3f282921b3

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-CANON-EOS-REBEL-XT-350D-CCD-SENSOR-REPAIR-PARTS-/281017340502?pt=Digital_Camera_Accessories&hash=item416df05256

Although it looks like they come from the states

John

Following this thread with interest - although its !!!!!WAY!!!!! out of my comfort zone.:-) After some googling around, came across this company doing professional conversion.

http://www.maxmax.com/b&w_conversion.htm

Looking at their prices though, I suspect that the "buy a duff body route" off ebay would be cheaper even if you had a few failed attempts. But they do show some interesting images showing how good the camera is after cfa removal.

Good luck everyone doing the conversion

John

He was an inspiration to all and will be sadly missed. RIP Sir Patrick

Ordered a HA filter from Modern Astronomy yesterday at 11:45. Postie delivered it at 10-30 today. Less that 24Hrs from hitting the buy button to having the goods in my hand.

Many thanks to Bernard for such a quick turnaround.

I second the Slightly defocus the finder idea as it gives PHD something bigger to Grab hold of and it appears to work out where the centre is better. You can turn on the Star profile window in Tools and when you defocus, you see a flat top on the profile

John

Hi QM, Just found this thread (Wow what a monster thread). Sorry that the original plan didn't work out but glad that you worked out a solution. I do guiding with the finderscope with phd and its really great. Look forward to some stunning images from you now :-)

Cheers John