Long story short, he must have been thinking he was copying Daddy because I was rocket-blowing my camera to clean it, got up to go to the bathroom without shutting down the camera (mirror up, sensor exposed), and came back to find him with a pencil down in the shutter 'helping' Daddy.
I now have a really hideous stain and/or scratch (can't tell which) taking up a good deal of real estate on the sensor.
I think I'm pretty much SOOL, but want advice before I start calling B&H to find out if the drop and dent replacement coverage I paid for covers this kind of stuff.
If its a stain and not a scratch, its gummy pencil eraser that's doing it. I may have made things worse when I panicked and immediately dove in to wet clean it (making a spot of goo a smear of goo instead). What kind of cleaners are safe on the filter glass that I may be able to use at home so I don't lose the camera for a month or two playing repair-tag?
If it IS a scratch, has anyone had experience with B&H's drop and spill coverage to know if I'm safe sending it back in or would it get rejected due to it being what it is?
Thirdly, if cleaning and returning it fall through, I'd probably go to plan 'c' - selling it along with my Sigma 10-20 and OGPS1 to recoup the cost of having to buy a new body (really, REALLY don't want to go that route). Would I be better trying to sell the damaged body/lens/GPS on the forums here or peace mealing it out via eBay or something?