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Re: [OM] Periodic Maintenance

Subject: Re: [OM] Periodic Maintenance
From: Lars Haven <lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 22:28:21 +0100
sje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Michael A. Covington wrote:
> 
> >Dust-Off is fine for cleaning lenses.  It is not air.  It's a fluorocarbon.
> >
> >What you should not use is air from an air compressor, unless specially
> >filtered.
Exactly. Also the pressure may be too high to use near the shutter.

> 
> I prefer to use a £2 blower brush, which is tiny and never runs out.  The
> brush part is removable, so can be cleaned;  I can also use it as a blower
> without the brush.  I don't like fluorocarbons or any other such chemicals,
> and don't particularly wish to breathe them.

I've had several of those things. I find that they are too small to
deliver enough air. The things I use are almost ball-shaped, approx
5cm (2in) in diameter. There is lots of air and no odd chemicals.
> 
> Simon E.
> 
Regards
Lars
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Lars Haven  <mailto:lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> http://isa.dknet.dk/~lhaven
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