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Subject: [OM] Re: Dust on the move
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:32:32 -0500
Must be you really, really want one because you continuously come up 
with reasons not to buy one.  I'm quite happy with mine.

Chuck Norcutt

AG Schnozz wrote:
> I was reading about how the 5D comes from the factory with dust on,
> under and behind the focus screen.  Rather than being entertained by
> the foibles and fallicies of this camera deemed to be the
> photographic equivelent to the Messiah, it reminded me of my own
> dusty experiences with the OM system.
> 
> Periodically I do remove the focus screen and quickly brush off
> anything on it with the focus screen brush that comes in the box
> holding a replacement screen.  Follow that up with a quick blow and
> pop it back in.  Ok, I haven't done that for a while, but you get the
> idea.
> 
> Anyway, one day I'm using my camera and there is a new dust spot
> right in the middle of the screen.  Grr. A few minutes later I'm
> taking another picture and the dust spot has moved. Hmm.  A little
> later the dust spot is in another position.  Wierd.  But I wasn't
> going to worry about it then.
> 
> The next day, there are several dust spots.  What is going on here?
> That's wierd they're not only moving but multiplying.
> 
> I remove the lens so it's easier to see what's on the screen, but
> continue to watch through the viewfinder.  Those dust spots are on
> the move.  I put the varimagnifier (varimaggot finder) on the camera
> and look closer.  Those dust spots have legs.  My camera is infested
> with mites.  These things were so tiny that they just looked like
> tiny dots moving around on the screen and were totally invisible with
> the naked eye.  Well, I blew the camera out with compressed air,
> removed the battery and film, cleaned everything I could and then put
> it in the deep freeze for a week.  Afterwards, no mites.
> 
> So, I wonder if placing the 5D in a deep freeze for a week would take
> care of its dust?
> 
> Nah.
> 
> AG
> 
> 
> 
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