I needed to clean my camera.

The last time I used my camera, I was a afraid I'd broken it. Every two or three shots, it would give me an error message, and I'd have to remove the lens and put it back on again before it would work.

I figured something had gotten in there that was messing up the contact points*. It might also be a cold weather problem, because it happened once before on a cold, windy day. Before I took it in for a $180 cleaning, I thought I'd do my best to clean around that area with air, a camera cloth, and great care.

I use this blue bulb to blow air onto the lenses. I do NOT use it for it's manufactured purpose (anal syringe).

After I was done, I wanted to take a hundred or so pictures, just to make sure the malfunction did not recur. The cats are actually afraid of this blue bulb. Whenever I use it to squirt air, the cats jump up and sideways. One cat leaves the vicinity muttering 'it's the work of the devil'. The other is too fascinated to go. f I set it down, it takes him about 5 minutes to approach it fully. He taps it with his paw, runs away and comes back. It's very funny. Finally, he starts attacking it, then chewing on it. Once in a while, his paws squeeze the bulb and it blows at him. He runs away startled, then starts the whole thing again.



*please not beach sand. please let my camera be ok