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Subject: [OM] Re: cleaning sensors
From: "Scott Peden" <scotpeden@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:17:19 -0800
Thanks Chuck.

-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chuck Norcutt
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:48 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: cleaning sensors

I know it was addressed to me but... what Moose said.  He did it better 
than I would have.

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:
> Scott Peden wrote:
>> Chuck,
>>
>> #5 became real dirty all at once yesterday, lint and all sorts of crap on
>> it, I see lint on the inside of the camera too and am not sure how to
gently
>> get that out and I try really hard to be neat and clean, I rarely even
had a
>> finger print on my other lens's, but this is a lint magnet.
>>
>> #2 is clean
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_lens_reflex
>>
>> So it only effects what I am seeing, not what the camera takes a pic of.
>>
>> What can be used to remove this stuff? Can the #5 matt focusing screen be
>> cleaned with regular lens cleaner?
>>   
> How can I put this delicately - well, I can't. Based on what you have or 
> appear to have done in your mirror box and surrounding areas, No, you 
> should not try to clean the focusing screen with lens cleaner. The 
> focusing screen is made of soft plastic and is easily damaged. I also 
> don't know just want you mean by regular lens cleaner, nor what you 
> would plan to use to apply it and clean it off.

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