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Subject: [Leica] Spider in my R9/DMR body
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Sep 23 13:15:56 2007
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Seal the finder part airtight, then suck it vacuum with just leaving  
a tiny in and outlet (with the inlet only opened when vacuum is  
reached) might do the trick.
Camera liposuction so to speak.
Philippe


Op 23-sep-07, om 22:00 heeft Michiel Fokkema het volgende geschreven:

> Maybe a vacuum cleaner can do the trick?
> Also depends if the spider is on the outside of the groundglass or  
> oo the inside. iin the latter case you first should remover the  
> groundglass. Which canbe done by yourself.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Michiel Fokkema
>
>
> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>> Depends of its size ofcourse. It could look like a dust spot, too.  
>> The strange thing to me looks the fact that it moves over the VF,  
>> thus disturbing your focusing concentration.
>> Just my 2 (maybe over-imaginative) cents ;-)
>> Philippe
>> Op 23-sep-07, om 21:46 heeft Philippe Amard het volgende geschreven:
>>> If the spider dies INSIDE, you're not so well Philippe
>>> Phil...x
>>>
>>>
>>> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cloroform on a piece of cotton, locked in together with the R9  
>>>> in a  plastic container?
>>>> Philippe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Op 23-sep-07, om 18:13 heeft Vick Ko het volgende geschreven:
>>>>
>>>>> Hmmm.  Probably it is only in the viewfinder and not the film- 
>>>>> to- lens area.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe lure it out with a fly?  Or a spider of the opposite sex?
>>>>>
>>>>> ....Vick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
>>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On  
>>>>> Behalf Of
>>>>> stasys1@cox.net
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 12:06 PM
>>>>> To: lug@leica-users.org
>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Spider in my R9/DMR body
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All- While doing some landscape photography this am here at   
>>>>> Lake  Tahoe-
>>>>> I discovered a small spider while looking thru the viewfinder.  
>>>>> It  would move
>>>>> with every shot- but it stayed out of the picture area. I tried  
>>>>> to  shake it
>>>>> out when I took the lens off-but no luck.  Any suggestions?  I  
>>>>> have  no clue
>>>>> how it got in-since I always keep a lens on the body. Maybe  
>>>>> the  camera body
>>>>> came with a spider egg a couple of years ago? Stasys
>>>>>
>>>>>
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