Well said. Firing compressed air into a camera can create all kinds of
extra problems, moreso if the focus screen is down. Dust and dirt will
be blown deeper into the camera, small parts can be blown into the meter
movement. Just not a good idea.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
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Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Canned air never gets sprayed into my cameras anywhere, no how. The
> problem is that canned "air" isn't air and, if you're not careful, you
> can end up spraying contaminants into your mirror box, screen and prism
> as well as blowing dust and debris up into the area above the prism and
> between the prism and eyepiece due to the high pressure. Then, as they
> say, "Some DISassembly required".
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Scott Peden wrote:
>
>>Someone posted a diagram of a OM SLR, that was a great help in understanding
>>this and what was necessary to clean and what I could ignore.
>>
>>I was at my local camera shop late yesterday (running form the thunderstorms
>>in the mountains going down 15 miles away where it hardy rains), cobbling
>>together some old stuff to make a flash deflector for my super macro shots
>>and mentioned this and Dave showed me how to and how NOT to use the canned
>>air, and cleaned 99% of everything off in a moment.
>>
>>Patience was likely the hardest lesson I have ever had to learn (and re
>>learn, and re learn) but it really paid off in this subject line.
>>
>>Dave had some killer Super Macro's blown up to 11 x 17's, nice to have a
>>sociable hands on fella who appreciates my crazy antics in person. I'm told
>>I do better than most on cleaning out their odds and ends junk drawers and
>>coming back and showing them what I made work.
>>
>>http://www.daveclarkimages.net/
>>
>>
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