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<blockquote data-quote="Blade Canyon" data-source="post: 170482" data-attributes="member: 15302">Just a reminder, you are not actually cleaning the sensor itself, just the low-pass filter that sits on top of the sensor.&nbsp; If things go wrong and you scratch it during cleaning, I suppose you could get the low-pass filter replaced (or simply removed, like the IR conversion companies do with the IR filter that is part of the same filter stack).&nbsp;&nbsp; The D800E has no low-pass filter, and this gives extra sharpness, though it increases the chance of moire and &quot;false&quot; color.&nbsp; (D800 has the low-pass filter.)Here's a link to a picture of the sensor and filter stack being disassembled:<a href="http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/XRu3PELglKpWsdSc.huge" target="_blank">http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/XRu3PELglKpWsdSc.huge</a><a href="http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/XRu3PELglKpWsdSc.huge" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/XRu3PELglKpWsdSc.huge" target="_blank"></a>Or step 23 here, second photo:<a href="http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nikon+D600+Teardown/10708/3" target="_blank">http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nikon+D600+Teardown/10708/3</a>My experience with the D600 is that spots appear in the upper left corner of pictures, but they go away just with a few rocket blasts of air, so I don't think they are oil.&nbsp; I haven't noticed them for awhile.&nbsp; I bought my D600 used with 6k actuations, and I now have over 23k actuations (many hours of timelapse shooting during a month in Wyoming).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blade Canyon, post: 170482, member: 15302"] Just a reminder, you are not actually cleaning the sensor itself, just the low-pass filter that sits on top of the sensor. If things go wrong and you scratch it during cleaning, I suppose you could get the low-pass filter replaced (or simply removed, like the IR conversion companies do with the IR filter that is part of the same filter stack). The D800E has no low-pass filter, and this gives extra sharpness, though it increases the chance of moire and "false" color. (D800 has the low-pass filter.) Here's a link to a picture of the sensor and filter stack being disassembled: [URL="http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/XRu3PELglKpWsdSc.huge"]http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/XRu3PELglKpWsdSc.huge [/URL]Or step 23 here, second photo: [URL]http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nikon+D600+Teardown/10708/3[/URL] My experience with the D600 is that spots appear in the upper left corner of pictures, but they go away just with a few rocket blasts of air, so I don't think they are oil. I haven't noticed them for awhile. I bought my D600 used with 6k actuations, and I now have over 23k actuations (many hours of timelapse shooting during a month in Wyoming). [/QUOTE]

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