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Gina, I think you can fix your previous sensor that was not flat. Y mentioned you used a solvent. I think a tiny amount of glue is solved and spread over sensor. The residue from glue makes it like it is not flat. Remove the residue using a solvent (an alcohol) that doesn't attack silicon. I am sure it will be fixed. If not, remove one layer of silicon as I did. I think it will lose sensitivity, but still works.; better than sitting somewhere and gathering dust :).

and here is the second sensor that I debayered. this one looks better and there is no scratches. However, particles are still there!

Here is a flat after cleaning the sensor. It had a lot of scratches, so I removed one layer of silicon completely. It doesn't look bad now. The main problem that I am facing now it cleaning the sensor. It does not get clean completely and there is always some particles there! Even if I do it in a clean room it will come back later as the sensor has no filter or cover glass in front of it now!

I checked all connections and it seems I have damaged the camera (I forgot to remove the battery the second time). However, I used another canon 30D and the sensor works well. It is not very clean and there are some residues which needs to be removed. Here is a picture of the white background of a door:

I went over it again and removed the green layer which was the debayer layer. The first one that came off easily was the microlens. I forgot to remove the battery and in the middle shutter started working very fast and I took out the battery right away. Finished the work and didn't damage the blue line and golden connections. But, the camera doesn't turn on and I only see a solid blue light which doesn't turn of when I turn the camera on/off. If it was because of sensor, I think it should power on but showing black screen or giving and error. Any idea what has happened? the bottom line will be getting another 30D and test the sensor on it. I removed the batteries(both) and CF card and put it back and it still doesn't turn on.

Thanks Gina, I took care of them very well. What do you think about those scratches? Do you think I need to remove one more layer? Have I removed only the microlens?

Hi every body, I saw your topic a few days ago and got interested I have an old Canon 30D and tried to debayer it. It seems like canon 30D doesn't have the two separated filter of LPF1 and LPF2 and there is only one filter that should be replaced by an IR-cut filter. I went through the process and removed the filter (it looks like three combined filters that can not be separated) and then got rid of the glue around the glass. I tried to lose the glue by pushing the edges of the glass gradually. I dd it successfully, but the glass was not coming out and after 1 hour trying it didn't survive. Finally I started the debayering. I tried to scratch the coating by a hard plastic piece and didn't work. Then I used a toothpick and it scratched it in a few minutes. But, I am not sure which layer/layers I have removed. It seems like I need to remove one more layer. Can someone please help me and tell me which layer/layers are removed. You can see some scratch like defects in the attached last two pics. I thought I have damaged the sensor, but the scratches contain information and it seems like the scratches are what I am supposed to get which means one more layer should be scratched. If it needs one more layer, it would be hard to do by a wooden tool. The camera is now full spectrum and there is nothing in front of the sensor. any help appreciated.