How to JACK up your 5D
1. Don’t read the sensor cleaning instructions. All of them, everywhere on the web.
Start here:
http://cleaningdigitalcameras.com/cleaning.html
There are important things to know about your Digital SLR:
2. I had a smudge on my sensor, some sort of grease spot that was showing up in landscapes, so I decided to use some fluid to clean the sensor. Turns out I was one of the unlucky ones who owns a sensor with an uneven coating on the AA (Anti-Aliasing) filter, and the ECLIPSE fluid reacted badly with it I think. Now I have a dark amoeba in my sky shots… sigh. More info on the potential problem.
More on sensor cleaning here, here