01-03-2014, 09:06 AM
First, the D800 never had oil on sensor because of the shutter. And the D600 never was sold for 3000$
Second, the cleaning fluid already is meant for oil. Or are you referring to the cleaning fluid for the antistatic brush?
Third, how do you come up with 9$? Here in Switzerland I pay 30$ for 8ml. Even perfume or printer ink is cheaper
Fourth, don't forget the swabs. 48 swabs for FX cost here 181$. And I don't have any customers to pay for that.
So, one cleaning costs about 5$ if I'm lucky enough to get it done with one swab. But this calculation just doesn't care about antistatic brush (between 120 and 180$, depending), blower (between 20 and 70$) gloves and a sensor loupe (arround 100$)
So, the equipment for cleaning a sensor is in a way as expensive as printing your big size prints yourself and the only reason to justify the costs and the risk of destructing something is the time I would have to wait to get the camera back from cleaning. Cleaning itself is between 60 and 100$ if I ask the repair center or a camera store. If you have to pay less - that doesn't help me, I have to deal with the costs in Switzerland. Importing those stuff form U.S. comes with the slight disadvantage that if anything goes wrong the shipping costs of sending the stuff back eat up very easily the tiny price difference.
Second, the cleaning fluid already is meant for oil. Or are you referring to the cleaning fluid for the antistatic brush?
Third, how do you come up with 9$? Here in Switzerland I pay 30$ for 8ml. Even perfume or printer ink is cheaper
Fourth, don't forget the swabs. 48 swabs for FX cost here 181$. And I don't have any customers to pay for that.
So, one cleaning costs about 5$ if I'm lucky enough to get it done with one swab. But this calculation just doesn't care about antistatic brush (between 120 and 180$, depending), blower (between 20 and 70$) gloves and a sensor loupe (arround 100$)
So, the equipment for cleaning a sensor is in a way as expensive as printing your big size prints yourself and the only reason to justify the costs and the risk of destructing something is the time I would have to wait to get the camera back from cleaning. Cleaning itself is between 60 and 100$ if I ask the repair center or a camera store. If you have to pay less - that doesn't help me, I have to deal with the costs in Switzerland. Importing those stuff form U.S. comes with the slight disadvantage that if anything goes wrong the shipping costs of sending the stuff back eat up very easily the tiny price difference.