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Subject: [OM] Re: [lens] Re: Dust solutions [was Spent time with the Dark Side]
From: "tOM Trottier" <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 11:22:26 -0400
Works by generating ions which remove the static charge on objects. Humidity 
does the same 
thing.

tOM

On Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 10:54,
ScottGee1 <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> The trick with the Zerostat is to pull the trigger v-e-r-y slowly.  If
> it clicks, you've gone too fast.  Don't know if that *creates* static.
> 
> I sold high-end "stereo" gear for my first job out college.  I used to
> demonstrate the Z-stat by creating a static charge on an "album"
> (i.e., 12" vinyl disk), letting some tiny bits of paper adhere to it,
> then zapping it with the Z-stat.  Said paper would (usually!) flutter
> to the floor.  The leap that people had to make was that the same
> thing happened to the dust they couldn't see.  I sold LOTS of
> Zerostats.
> 
> That said, I'm not exactly sure how it works so I haven't tried it
> with any of my cameras.  Concerned about how it might affect the
> electronics.  Or is that just silly?  Have used it on lenses though.

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