[optacon-l] Re: I can see clearly now!
- From: Mallard <mallard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:00:44 +0200
Hello,
I'm interested in this one too.
Did you use contact cleaners, or simply compressed air?
I have these two Optacons which could probably do with some spring
cleaning...
Ciao,
Ollie
Il 14/04/2014 13.28, Jyrki Voutilainen ha scritto:
> I think that this is a better method that the one I've used, showering an
> also evaporating liquid from a pump bottle on a soft piece of cloth and
> drying the device with it carefully. Pressurized cleaners may be the best
> ones for sensitive electronics like camera lenses etc.
>
> Liquids might be risky even though they evaporate completely.
>
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2014, Gordon Kent wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>> Some of you may be aware of this already, but I just discovered this now and
>> thought some may find it helpful. If, llike me, you find yourself thinking
>> that you might be losing your touch with the opticon because you can’t seem
>> to read stuff that you could before, it may be the simple fact that some
>> dust or gunk has gotten inside of the camera itself, and/or the lenses you
>> are using. I was paarticularly having problems with LCD displays on some of
>> my music keyboards and other audio equipment, everything seemed fuzzy. I
>> got one of those cans of pressurized cleaners they sell at Radio shack.
>> They are intended to be used for cleaning computer keyboards or dirty
>> switches and controls. I took the lens off of one of my opticons and stuck
>> the little straw into the little hole in the camera and sprayed a couple of
>> quick shots, then turned the camera upside down and gave it a couple of good
>> shakes. I did the same for my lenses. The difference is really amazing.
>> It’s like ge
t
> ti
>> ng a new pair of glasses I guess. This stuff gets really cold when you
>> touch it after it is out of the can, but it evaporates very quickly.
>>
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