You know something like mothballs will damage a camera and they are pretty
benign next to formaldehyde. Maybe something more conservative should be
tried first. Why not try packing the camera in a small container with lots
of silica gel. Dry the little suckers out.
>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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