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Archive 2007 · Dust-Free lens changing?

  
 
David John
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p.1 #1 · Dust-Free lens changing?


Perhaps dust "free" isn't accurate...but this may be the trick to minimize particles in very dusty/windy environments. Click on photo and scroll to bottom of page.










Nov 14, 2007 at 05:51 PM
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p.1 #2 · Dust-Free lens changing?


I'd rather carry a rocket blower in my bag than that thing. From my experience, far more dust enters the camera through dust-sucking zoom lenses (the ones that change physical length) than through changing lenses, though I've never changed lenses in a dust storm. My assumption is this wouldn't help much if the conditions are that rough.


Nov 14, 2007 at 05:59 PM
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p.1 #3 · Dust-Free lens changing?


I sometimes take a film-changing bag when I expect I'll be changing lenses in a dust storm (whatever film is...).


Nov 14, 2007 at 07:32 PM
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p.1 #4 · Dust-Free lens changing?


Look on the bright side, it can double as a light tent for products. =P


Nov 14, 2007 at 08:24 PM
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p.1 #5 · Dust-Free lens changing?


While it might work, I would rather do a bit more planning and avoid the lens changes as much as possible.


Nov 14, 2007 at 08:51 PM
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p.1 #6 · Dust-Free lens changing?


I just finished a location shoot of some vacant land up on a windy hillside today. I changed from my 12-24 to my 24-105 to my 70-210 MULTIPLE times. No problems.

Besides, that's why God invented Photoshop.

Sure, I try to minimize changing when I can, but MOST "dust" on the sensor comes from inside the mirror box anyway.

I got tired of being paranoid. I'm careful, but I don't worry about it,



Nov 15, 2007 at 12:18 AM
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p.1 #7 · Dust-Free lens changing?


I agree I wouldn't want to take that into the field, no pun intended! I simply try to avoid changing lenses in bad conditions, another reason why it is good to have a 2nd body. As mentioned, then there is Photoshop!




Nov 15, 2007 at 05:30 AM
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p.1 #8 · Dust-Free lens changing?


Unfortunately, when it opens up it will contain the same dust and particle filled air as in the environment outside the chamber. Unless the chamber is fitted with a small particle filter I can't see how it would help. In fact, by slowing down the operation, it would probably make things worse.
Red



Nov 15, 2007 at 07:16 AM
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p.1 #9 · Dust-Free lens changing?


nathanlake wrote:
While it might work, I would rather do a bit more planning and avoid the lens changes as much as possible.


Avoid lens changes? Isn't that why we bought SLR's? Anyway, I found that changing lenses in the rain pretty much eliminates any dust issues.

It also helps to use fast lenses and shoot wide open all the time and just pretend the dust isn't there. Using this method I went nearly two years before having to clean the sensor on my MkII. :-)




Nov 15, 2007 at 08:44 AM
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p.1 #10 · Dust-Free lens changing?


Or you could change to the Olympus system......nanananananaaaaaaa.

Gunn



Nov 15, 2007 at 08:59 AM
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p.1 #11 · Dust-Free lens changing?


Dan Gunn wrote:
Or you could change to the Olympus system......nanananananaaaaaaa.
Gunn


I'm not sure I follow... please explain.





Nov 15, 2007 at 09:23 AM
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p.1 #12 · Dust-Free lens changing?


John--G wrote:
I'm not sure I follow... please explain.



He means that no one will want to see your photos anyway so it's a moot point.





Nov 15, 2007 at 10:12 AM
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p.1 #13 · Dust-Free lens changing?


beerguy wrote:
[He means that no one will want to see your photos anyway so it's a moot point.


Ahhh... I thought he meant that since there are only a few lenses available for the Olympus system that chances are you won't be changing lenses anyway.






Nov 15, 2007 at 10:48 AM
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p.1 #14 · Dust-Free lens changing?


Naw, it's the shaking sensor gimmick. No worries, Canon's gotten sucked into that silly idea too.

Honest, the sky is not falling. The last two items on the linked site (I suspect they got p.o.ed at the hotlink to their image & shut that down) are selling to gear collectors. IMHO, silly money wasters.



Nov 15, 2007 at 02:40 PM





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