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Re: [OM] Wildlife *IN* my camera!

Subject: Re: [OM] Wildlife *IN* my camera!
From: Paul Van Tuyl <olympusguy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 17:53:08 -0600
The OM-10 screen can be removed, but it is a job for John H.!

Ian M. Stewart wrote:

> Help!
>
> I was trying out the +3 diopter I've just bought, and something crawled
> across the scene, but not on the subject.  On closer inspection it wasn't
> on the diopter, nor on the lens.  It was on the viewing screen.  Off came
> the lens and looking inside, it's on the back of the screen - the
> pentaprism side.
>
> It appears to be some kind of mite.  Egg shaped with the pointed end at the
> front.  Six or eight legs, I'm not sure, but two clear mandibles at the
> front and two trailing long feelers at the rear.  It seems somewhat
> transparent with a bright light on it, but shows dark while taking a photo.
>  It wanders around the screen in a random manner and nearly always turns
> back when it finds the edge.  It has now disappeared, but I'm sure it is
> still in there.  What if it lays eggs!  Yikes, hundreds of them?
>
> Now this is an OM10 and doesn't have a removable screen.  I'm reluctant to
> disassemble the camera for one insect.  What should I do?
>
> I've considered cooking it in an oven, and microwaving it.  The microwave
> would probably induce some high current in some fine wire and damage the
> electronics.  I think the best solution is likely to be some fumigating
> technique, but with what?  I need something that will poison the insect but
> not mark the mirror or corode any part of the camera, and especially not
> leave a deposit on anything.
>
> What does the team think?  Am I wrong to be panicking?
>
> __
>
> Ian  <IMS>
>                   OM Tyro - please point my lens in the right direction.
> mailto:ims@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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