My Aunt had a similar problem with her OM-10 some years back, when she got
shots back from developing to discover cows grazing on a hillside where they
had not been !! Turned out to be mites of some sort in the camera, but made
some interesting photos !!
She also was recommended to put it in the freezer for a few days and it
seemed to do the trick. The mirror didn't fall off though !
Any more bug stories ?
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jim Brokaw
Sent: 04 July 2001 18:39
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Is my camera bugged...?
> In case I didn't mail that bit to the list... the OM2SP I returned had the
> disconcerting thing of having these tiny mites that crawled across the
> focussing screen at slow speed. I would guess its a dust mite of some
> description; it appears black when looking through the viewfinder and is a
> most definite off white to grey colour when you remove the lens and find
it
> either on the outer surface of the screen or on the pentaprism glass.
> Removing it is futile. Your camera has more of them... and eggs too.
>
> I heard that the way to kill book mites is to wrap them in layers of
> plastic bags and put them in the fridge for 24 hours. The OM2Sp I had
> received two such treatments. Once in the lower section of the fridge. The
> little critters survived that. The second was more hostile and subjected
> them to 48 hours in the freezer. I saw no mites after that but the mirror
> came off two days later so I don't know whether the two events were
related.
>
> Anyone else seen mites in their camera? I've seen it in two separate
camera
> bodies.
>
> Cheers
> Oben
>
Yikes! Now I've got to watch out for bugs in my cameras... I think if I spot
any I'll try to put the body inside a house being 'tented' for termites.
I've read that if you have antique furniture that might have bugs (wood
worms?) in it you put it inside the tenting house. The gas they fill the
house tent with kills all bugs, but since its a gas I don't think it leaves
any residues. Seems likely that it would get thoroughly inside a body with
the front and back open...
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|