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Weird, perhaps picky situation
Aug 20, 2018 10:42:27 #
Heather Iles
Loc: UK, Somerset
Pablo8 wrote:
Never seen 'DEET' in the UK. Thanks for the warning.
Probably being in the EU we weren't allowed to have it, but we wouldn't go there. That is another story, but the information about DEET just shows that you have to read the instructions on any spray that is being used near or around our camera and its equipment.
Thanks for the information.
Aug 20, 2018 10:52:18 #
fotobyferg wrote:
I take good care of my equipment and pride myself ... (show quote)
Hoping your next important Photo Shoot will be much less stressful, but things "Like" this happen to all of us at one time or another, and we just do our best to not "repeat" the things that may cause us distress.
"A Lesson Learned is a Lesson remembered."
Aug 20, 2018 11:11:03 #
I understand your pain, appreciate your bawdy sense of humor and I am sorry that happened, Sounds very strange.This will be remedied under warranty though. Follow through and report this to the manufacturer and do tell us the make and model so we can escape the same fate.
fotobyferg wrote:
I take good care of my equipment and pride myself ... (show quote)
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Aug 20, 2018 11:13:27 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
ppage wrote:
I understand your pain, appreciate your bawdy sense of humor and I am sorry that happened, Sounds very strange.This will be remedied under warranty though. Follow through and report this to the manufacturer and do tell us the make and model so we can escape the same fate.
I think you're dreaming that this will be covered under the warranty. Warranties have plenty of exclusionary language to eliminate damage from chemicals being covered.
Aug 20, 2018 11:18:27 #
Yeah, I don’t think warranty will cover it either, as it is cosmetic in nature and not an actual manufacturing defect.
It is the 18-400, but it could just as easily been any other of my lenses.
I may call Tamron, but we are about to leave on a two week Baltic cruise and by the time I get back I’m hoping my angst over my lapse in attentiveness will be replaced by a grudging degree of acceptance.
It is the 18-400, but it could just as easily been any other of my lenses.
I may call Tamron, but we are about to leave on a two week Baltic cruise and by the time I get back I’m hoping my angst over my lapse in attentiveness will be replaced by a grudging degree of acceptance.
Aug 20, 2018 11:20:34 #
A good friend damaged the finish on his vintage Gibson J-45 guitar from bug spray on his arm. He found a luthier who repaired the damage but it cost him a couple hundred bucks. I try to avoid them except in the most extreme situations, especially if they have DEET in them.
Aug 20, 2018 11:24:59 #
FlyGuy47 wrote:
I work in the fly fishing department of a major outdoor retailer. For whatever reason they insist on marketing bug repellents and certain sun screens in my department. Those products all contain DEET in varying concentrations. I put Postit Note warnings on the displays. DEET attacks leaders and PVC fly lines and with few exceptions EVERY fly line is made from PVC! The best fly lines now range in price from $99 to $129.
I learned to suffer or use natural stuff when I broke off a 6x leader several times in a row. I'd inevitably gotten some DEET on it while changing flies and the tippet was so weakened that I kept snapping it off under the slightest pressure. Thankfully never affected any of my lines. Orvis guy set me straight on the effects of it on PVC. What do you recommend for insect repellents?
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Aug 20, 2018 11:34:01 #
“What do you recommend for insect repellents?”
At this point I’m thinking of covering myself with frogs. They’re natural, abundant, environmental indicators, and I like them.
In fact, I repaired one’s lungs last week and glued him back together after my cat caught him. He doesn’t eat them, like a previous cat did (leaving only the body but eating the legs) but he does occasionally leave a puncture.
I have sutured in the past, but super glue is quicker and I don’t have to recatch them to remove stitches.
And no, I am NOT kidding!
At this point I’m thinking of covering myself with frogs. They’re natural, abundant, environmental indicators, and I like them.
In fact, I repaired one’s lungs last week and glued him back together after my cat caught him. He doesn’t eat them, like a previous cat did (leaving only the body but eating the legs) but he does occasionally leave a puncture.
I have sutured in the past, but super glue is quicker and I don’t have to recatch them to remove stitches.
And no, I am NOT kidding!
Aug 20, 2018 11:36:04 #
Aug 20, 2018 11:36:33 #
Well, at least we all learn from your issue not to let our lenses get bug spray on them I did not know that. Enjoy your cruise with that ugly ass lens. (Sorry, I couldn't help it)
leftj wrote:
I think you're dreaming that this will be covered under the warranty. Warranties have plenty of exclusionary language to eliminate damage from chemicals being covered.
Aug 20, 2018 11:37:57 #
As a bird hug of 50 years, I can say that keeping bug spray away from binocular lenses is rule 1. That stuff ruins lens coatings!
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Aug 20, 2018 11:44:21 #
GeorgeFenwick wrote:
As a bird hug of 50 years, I can say that keeping bug spray away from binocular lenses is rule 1. That stuff ruins lens coatings!
Yes, after reading all these replies I consider myself lucky that the damage wasn’t worse. I’d be kicking myself if I’d buggered up the zoom mechanism or messed up a good filter or removed more lettering on the lens.
Aug 20, 2018 12:25:37 #
Isn't it amazing that some people actually put that on their skin? I hear a good coat of lavender oil works just as well and isn't toxic.
fotobyferg wrote:
I take good care of my equipment and pride myself ... (show quote)
Aug 20, 2018 12:48:31 #
DanielB wrote:
Isn't it amazing that some people actually put that on their skin? I hear a good coat of lavender oil works just as well and isn't toxic.
Yep...especially when you consider that all I used was one pump from a non aerosol container on each ankle.
Aug 20, 2018 13:09:40 #
josquin1
Loc: Massachusetts
If deet does all those things to cameras. shotguns etc. What the hell does it do to your skin?
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