TR3 - debris in the lens area
 
flashfox
Posted: 05 July 2004 06:25 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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I noticed that I have some debris in the lens area of my TR3AP1 notebook. Is there a safe way of removing it as I tried blowing air through the cracks, etc. It’s on the inside of the transparent lens protector.

Luckily for me, it’s just outside the viewing angle… but I am concerned that it will migrate elsewhere.

FYI, in case one wonders, I use the Motion Eye & microphone/speaker to perform video chats/meetings with my office while I am on the road. Most of the hotels I stay in offer DSL connections, hence making this worthwhile. This has proven to be very helpful while overseas.

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Posted: 05 July 2004 10:08 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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well what kind of “debris” is it? candy wrappers or beer cans? if it’s dust, it should not make a difference even if right on the lens, as with any other photo lens, the dust may not interfere with the image. and i agree, its a great webcam while on the road…

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Posted: 05 July 2004 10:12 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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[quote author=“jiggy”]well what kind of “debris” is it? candy wrappers or beer cans? if it’s dust, it should not make a difference even if right on the lens, as with any other photo lens, the dust may not interfere with the image. and i agree, its a great webcam while on the road…

Naw… nothing like that wink

It’s a spec/clump of dust, probably a few millimeters in size and seems to be electrostatically held in place. It is stuck on the inside of the transparent protective cover. I don’t know how it got there, but some of the locations I travel to are pretty dusty grin

Hmm… I just noticed that my number of posts seems stuck at 30.

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Posted: 05 July 2004 11:50 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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[quote author=“flashfox”][quote author=“jiggy”]well what kind of “debris” is it? candy wrappers or beer cans? if it’s dust, it should not make a difference even if right on the lens, as with any other photo lens, the dust may not interfere with the image. and i agree, its a great webcam while on the road…

Naw… nothing like that wink

It’s a spec/clump of dust, probably a few millimeters in size and seems to be electrostatically held in place. It is stuck on the inside of the transparent protective cover. I don’t know how it got there, but some of the locations I travel to are pretty dusty grin

Hmm… I just noticed that my number of posts seems stuck at 30.

i think u have to say something really stupid to increment the count…watch, see, mine just went up :D seriously, a few millimeters is a lot larger than a spec of dust if i have my metrics right…uh oh.
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Posted: 05 July 2004 12:11 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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[quote author=“jiggy”][quote author=“flashfox”][quote author=“jiggy”]

i think u have to say something really stupid to increment the count…watch, see, mine just went up :D seriously, a few millimeters is a lot larger than a spec of dust if i have my metrics right…uh oh.
:ph34r:

You are right with regards to the size of the dust… and that is why I want to get rid of it. What I am looking for is to know if I can “pry off” the transparent cover and glue it back on. Better yet, I should look into the TR1A service manual that I found on-line. I was hoping for a shortcut wink

As for message number incrementation… hey, I just went to 31… actually, everyone went to 31 wink

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