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Anti-static dusters?
I have had some trouble keeping my lenses and filters dust-free. The
various micro-fiber cloths--and I have tried a lot of different ones-- leave tons of lint behind, if you bother to look with a bright, narrow- beam flashlight. The various aerosol dusters, even the ones sold in camera stores, leave a residue behind. The squeeze-bulb dusters can't blow with enough force to remove the lint, but I think that electrostatic attraction may have something to do with that. You used to be able to buy a squeeze bulb duster with a brush and a bit of polonium on the end; the radioactive decay of the polonium would ionize the air around the tip and reduce static. Of course, they don't sell those anymore, and any old ones would have gone through too many half-lives to be useful. Are there any modern alternatives? -- Money is Speech Corporations are People Ignorance is Strength |
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Anti-static dusters?
In article , J. Clarke
wrote: You can buy new polonium dusters from Adorama for a hundred bucks or so. The refills are also available (they're rated for 5 years). One of the Amazon reviewers got a brush that was only 90 days away from its expiration though, so buyer beware. Good Lord, over $100 for the 1"size? I used to sell those in my camera shop for about twelve dollars in the early 80's! I looked up the manufacturer's web page - they're still in business, to my surprise - and the current version of the product says it should be replaced every 18 months, and are therefore freshly made to order. I remember the 80's ones being rated for several years. |
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In article , Scott Schuckert wrote:
J. Clarke: You can buy new polonium dusters from Adorama for a hundred bucks or so. The refills are also available (they're rated for 5 years). One of the Amazon reviewers got a brush that was only 90 days away from its expiration though, so buyer beware. Good Lord, over $100 for the 1"size? I used to sell those in my camera shop for about twelve dollars in the early 80's! Well, $12 in 1980 is $37 today! If you sold it for $12 in 1970, it would be $78 today! -- Sandman[.net] |
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