Put the camera in the freezer for a couple of days! Works in getting rid of
bugs in organic granola bought in bulk at health food stores and ants on a
honey jar.
Andre
>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?
>>
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