russellhq Thanks for the video. I will try my method again using the square aluminum tube. Honestly I heated it too long, around a minute. It was not my intention to melt the tube at 660C, maybe the sensor is fried, maybe insulation protected it, but essentially our methods are the same trying to evently heat the glass only , next time I will only do about 15 seconds and then check. I'm waiting for some 99.9% ISApotting epoxy, and magnifier lenses to arrive before I try my first attempt at removing the CFA. I can't believe I read all this thread, skipping over most of the sotware and cooling comments. Anyone have a mono DSLR that can record video they want to sell? I'm just going to use this for UV portrait work so sensor doesnt' need to be perfectly flat and can have some issues. I suppose I should just mail in a camera to Hypercams and pay the $500 US dollars to modify it, but given that 1200d/T5 only cost $200 in the USA, I think trying to DIY first is worth the risk.