Originally posted by harleynitelite Clean the sensor? Are those having the oil stain problems the d7000 had when it first came out or is it something else? Why would you need to clean the sensor of a brand new camera? Dust? Dirt?
Something like that. I haven't seen it in shooting, but I also haven't been shooting a shiny patch of blue open sky. Test shots at f22 or so show a number of specs, and from what I gather, having to clean the sensor on FF is pretty commonplace. As to the D600, a number of people have posted about having "stains" on the sensor right out of the box. Dunno, maybe crap getting dislodged/settling during the bumpy shipping process. Might even be a bit of oil-everyone seems to be doing the wet clean to rid themselves of it. Seems like everyone in the Nikon camp claim the same is happening to their new bodies, but interestingly it goes away after the first 1,000 shutter actuations. Whatever. I just know I had to clean mine & it isn't too difficult to do.