Wood Bird

**molucca** · 08 October 2005, 04:03 PM

A crop of the leaf image. I get full size files this way. Rich

**John Rayner** · 08 October 2005, 10:34 PM

Cool Setup there Rich...

You know, I have yet to try and take a macro shot. I guess I should try to take one.

**molucca** · 10 October 2005, 09:38 AM

John,

I spent all day making an air system to blow the dust off my lenses. I made a air gun with a small tube to direct the air. Decided to setup some in line filters, and spent most of the day looking for a filter regulator. We put a lot of things in storage boxes during the rat hunt. I finally found it hanging on the wall in front of me. I cleaned the lenes and put them in plastic bags.

This is not for sensor cleaning, as in may cause damage.

Rich

**John Rayner** · 10 October 2005, 12:39 PM

You should really only use very low presure to begin with. How do you know you are blowing off instead of throwing something on the lenses?

**molucca** · 10 October 2005, 02:19 PM

The tube ID is about 60 mils, and I have adjusted the air pressure to a gentle flow. I can see the dust particles under the halogen light. I can see the particles as they are removed. Rich

**John Rayner** · 10 October 2005, 10:15 PM

sounds like it would work well enough. Are you using about 10-15 LBs/ or less?

**molucca** · 10 October 2005, 10:22 PM

John,

That is about the pressure range at the regulator. I added an inline filter that may drop the pressure a little more. I wanted to blow off with clean air, and not dusty air from a hand bulb. Rich