Alaness Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I've always wanted to do this modification. But now winter is upon us and the fun stuff is coming out so I finally decided to give it a serious attempt. I picked up a faulty 350D on eBay for £15, tested it and found that the fault was nothing more than a dud battery. I ripped it apart and carefully dismantled the sensor. The coverglass came off very easily with a razor blade. Things were going well until without thinking I went to wipe some of the dust off the surface and hit a gold wire. Ok, so I gritted my teeth, picked up another sensor on eBay for £20...Only this time I cut the razer in half and stuck the two sides down so they covered the amazingly delicate gold wires. Absolutely no problems from then on out. I practised various techniques on the broken sensor and found the wooden tool I made worked best. I used the handle of an old brush and carved it down to a sharp flat blade about 3-4mm across. It took about an hour to completely remove the material. Right now I have the camera in a semi-assembled state for testing. I've taken a few test shots, but without a CF card right now I cannot upload them just yet (That's another eBay order on the way). There is a very thin line of colour on the top and bottom of the images as the razer guides overlapped a bit preventing the removal of a mm or so of the matrix. I don't mind that at all. I can see though I have a bit of cleaning work to do in some places so I'm about to start work on a dustproof glovebox for a second disassembly and cleaning. It's a lot of work but I'm having so much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhoriel Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Nice! Let us know how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobby Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Brave man ! But we're expecting sharp images from it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Really well done! I've full spectrum modded several 350D's in the past, but de-bayering is a whole new level...not for the faint hearted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p14b Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Great post, looking forward to an update. Thx Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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