Sternfreund

So mabye it's just the heat (not the UV?!) which destroys the surface and which makes it easer to remove the Matrix?

how much heat does a sensor take?

Maybe bake it bevor removing the bayer Matrix?

i will open it again and check for dust which touches the gold wires… maybe this is the problem...

i did some more debayering

but After reassembly:

has anyone an explanation? didnt touch the blue rectangel on the side and also didnt touch the Gold wires.

dont think that i have gone too deep..

there is maybe some Remnant (dust) on the gold wires...

currently:

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Hey,

my first attempt was a 450D. i debayered the sensor successfully without damaging the golden wires. BUT, i had one deep scratch. short exposures (for daytime) were ok but longer exposures were totally terrible...

the second 450D is waiting for debayering now. but before i give it a go can you please post some photos of the tools which you used for debayering? plus the used material of the tool. 

thanks in advance.

hmm...

maybe ill try it tonight. if the upper spots works i'm still satisfied. a little bit at least...

when i started disassembling the cam i had huge doubts that it would work. 

i just wonder why there is so much noise in the dark.. is it also due to the fact that i went too deep on the right side?

well.. i got the cam for about 70 euro.. 

Hi Gina,

Do u think its still usable?

Hey,

Thanks for this thread!

It inspired me to mod my 450D.

First i removed the filter for greater red-sensitivity and then i started to debayer.

It worked fine and all gold wires are intact.

BUT:

See these shots and tell me what happend here?!

Flat:

Dark:

Thank you in advance!

Arno