Friday, September 22, 2017

Removing Nikon D60 CCD sensor

Removing CCD (10MP) sensor from Nikon D60 (left) - and IR blocking filter (right)

I always wanted to remove the IR blocking filter to get a full IR spectrum (700-1200nm) for astropictures. Since my Nikon D60 can not be repeared it was now time to exercise. If this can be done succesfully I could decide bying a second hand Nikon D60.
Unfortunately, it's not that easy. And after removing the first set of screws, I already damaged the card connections. Anyway, I continued and got the CCD sensor out together with the IR blocking filter.
It's still very impressive even when you compare with my new Nikon D7500 IMX321 CMOS sensor from Sony.