Eric Pederson wrote:
>
> A former colleague of mine had a habit of breaking Nikon equipment
> in his anthro/linguistics field site (PNG). His best story was a standard
> Nikon lens with a cockroach between the elements. Nikon replaced the lens
> with the comment that they couldn't figure out how it got in there
> either... (Not a Japanese cockroach)
>
> I wonder whether macro photographers are more vulnerable to this
> problem... :-)
>
Maybe. I have a 50mm/3.5 macro which once hosted a small spider. The
spider is gone now, but its web is still present between two of the
elements.
I always wondered what it hoped to catch in there. Now I know: Fleas
and cockroaches. :-)
Regards,
Lars
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Lars Haven <mailto:lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://home.worldonline.dk/~lhaven
"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried"
R. Llewellyn
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