Dear Ian,
I am not a camera repairman (I would double check with John the Om
expert, first) but I have experienced mites and other
living things in equipment that contained electronics.
For a camera sized object I would get a container such as a coffee tin
with a removable plastic lid. Put a dish or a vial with about 0.5 cc
(one half milliliter) of standard 37 0.000000ormaldehyde solution inside the
can with the camera and leave it in a warm place overnight.
The next day I'd open the can and let it air out for several hours --
be careful not to inhale or let any of the formaldehyde contaminated air
near your eyes!
I doubt anything could survive this treatment (even a PRION!) but I must
warn you that I have not tried this with a camera, yet.
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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