Sun burn a hole in its diaphragm blade? You can't be serious! Focal plane shutter blinds, yes; but not diaphragm blades unless the lens suffers from such severe and weird distortion that it's not worth using it.
M Stewart Milton Keynes, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Nakamura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 12:08 AM Subject: Re: EOS Bali humidity snip > One other treatment that I've heard is to occasionally treat your lens to a > sun bath (off your camera of course). I don't quite like the sound of this > as even though the lens won't inadvertently burn a hole through your > shutter if it's off your camera, it might still burn a hole somewhere else > (like a diaphragm blade). But a few minutes in the sun shouldn't hurt > anything if you're careful to not focus the suns rays somewhere internally > where it would cause damage. > > Karen * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
