| A.J. Briones |
October 13th, 2005 10:57 AM |
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Originally Posted by A.J. Briones
i have to clear something up about this.
- the first letus35 that i bought did have one spec of dirt inside, between the square lens (is that the achromat?) and the outside lens.
- the 2 newer letus35's i purchased afterward did not have dirt on the inside.
- the latest footage (using one of the 2 new adapters) has dirt on the outside tokina lens due to a waterfall scene i shot prior. this is my bad. user error indeed. i have footage prior to the waterfall shot that does not have any dirt on it.
so basically, there was dirt inside 1 of the 3 letus adapters i bought.
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hold the phone. i just took apart the letus from my vx2100 last night to clean the lenses for a test shoot today. the 35mm lens had some water marks from the waterfall (as predicted), and there was no dust or smudge marks on the outside lenses of the vx2100 or the letus35 adapter.
however, there were a few small dust particles inside the letus35, between the macro and the achromat. there were also small bits on the GG, which i removed using compressed air. i checked the second letus35 unit that i purchased and i saw the same thing. these appear to be from the housing (possibly shards leftover from the machine work that were loose but not fully detached until after i received the units.
any detailed advice on how to clean this without breaking the units? |
