Problem with 2nd hand camera. What should I do?

kidloco

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Bit of a dilemma. Sold my Nikon D90 a week ago and replaced it with a second hand D7000. It was advertised as mint and had taken less then 4,000 pics so I was chuffed when I got it at pretty good price off the bay.

Finally got round to testing it properly today and noticed some marks showing on every image. Took a few shots of a light blank wall and sure enough there's something not the sensor. It looks like oil marks which are supposed to be pretty common on the D7000. As it stands the camera is useless to me, I would have to touch up every image taken. Leaves me with 2 options.

1: try and get money back off seller. Advert made no mention to oil marks. So think I have a valid reason for refund.

2: buy a cleaning kit and have a go at cleaning the sensor. Looks straight forward enough to do, although I'm loathed to risk making matters worse.

Decisions decisions. The joys of eBay I guess. Normally buy my bodies new but thought I'd take a punt on this and it's bit me on the arse. Just wondering what others would do in my situation? :confused:
 
Yeah tried that a few times mate. Didn't make the slightest bit of difference.

Quick pic showing how bad is is


F5 it's pretty bad


F11 it's a mess
 
Not yet mate no. Never cleaned a sensor before as I have never had to. Always bought new before and I really look after my gear so this has never been an issue until now.

It does seem to be quite common on the d7000. With many people just cleaning it with a kit. Others say its a defect which should go back to nikon to fix. Not heard back off the seller yet but they seem genuine enough. Lots and lots of excellent feedback and have been a member for years.
 
It you google 'D7000 oil problem' it seems quite widespread. Some people sent them back to Nikon, and they replaced the mirror box which fixes the issue once and for all.

Ive only tried the inbuilt sensor clean function. I have got a proper sensor cleaning kit of its way but if I can return it then thats what im going to do. They seem to side with the sellers these days and ive sent them enough proof.
 
kitfit1 said:
If you got it for a pretty good price, as you say, then why not just ask the seller to cough up the money to have it properly cleaned by a Nikon repair center ? Give the seller the option, have it cleaned to your satisfaction or a full refund.
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yeh, was thinking that maybe an option. Went to a local camera place. Manager said he could give it a good clean and be good as new for £40
 
Raymond Lin said:
I know it looks daunting but cleaning the sensor is a useful skill to have as a modern DSLR owner, sooner or later it needs a clean.

I can have that spotless in 10mins, 9min of that is prep work.
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Don't live in warrington do you by any chance Raymond :D

The fact you say you could sort it in 10 mins does put my mind at ease about possibly keeping it. Other then this issue it looks like new and has only taken a couple of thousand pics. I'll see what the seller comes back with.
 
Seller has just offered partial refund to cover the cost of the shop clean plus a little extra. Think I'll drop it off at the shop tomorrow
 
cool, ta for advice. Just dropped it off at local camera shop. The guy who does all the sensor cleans has a D7000 himself. He said hes had to do it few times as well as quite a few others that have come through the shop. He saw the sensor and said he will get it as good as new.

I've ordered the kit so if it ever needs doing again ill tackle it myself. Whilst the seller is happy to pay I might as well get it done by someone who knows what they are doing this time. He was actually quite good about it. Apologised, sent me images day before it was sent (which were spotless) and assumed it must have happened in transit.(no doubt royal mail playing football with fragile packages as normal).
 
Hi, sorry completely forgot to update this.

Took it in to my local camera shop and went to pick it up the following day. The guy said he hadnt seen one in such a mess and asked how I got it that way.

Anyways, he then said that he had used 6 of the wet cleaning sticks and there was still 1 tiny little spot he couldnt get rid of. He showed me on an image and its only really visible if you shoot at f22 and are really looking for it. I couldnt even see it until he pointed it out. But because he couldnt get it 100% spotless he refused to accept any payment for it.

My cleaning kit off amazon arrived a few days ago so if it gets any more marks on it im going to have a go myself. He kindly talked me through how to do it and said its scary the first time but it really is a simple job if you are careful.
 
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