Re: [APML] Pentax ME Super camera(Tommy Lim)

["Andrew Schott" <aschott@cfl.rr.com>]

Mossies?   Oh, mosquitoes.   Flying teeth, bi-wing blood banks.

DEET works by preventing the mosquito from landing.  I guess it burns their
feet or something.  If you provide them a non-treated surface to land on,
they can bite through the DEET.  I get it with my glasses all the time.  I
spray a small rag and use it to wipe my face and temples and actually work
it into my hair.  (I work a lot down in the swamp as you can tell.)  When I
put my glasses on and settle back to watch for meteors, if I'm not careful,
they can land on the wire frames and reach over and bite me on the temple
through the DEET.  Same for watch bands, the little ring on the
counter/clicker thing and especially any webbed lawn furniture.  I would
imagine that they can bore through the latex but I haven't tried it.  With
all the heat down here in the summer, gloves would be miserable.


----- Original Message -----
From: "George Anderson" <georgea@cam.org>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Pentax ME Super camera(Tommy Lim)


> A thought which may or may not be ludicrous, has anyone tried wearing
> latex gloves while shooting of observing? I'm not sure how much sweat
> would build and if you would end up with a puddle inside the gloves, but
> it should keep the mossies off the hands.
>
> George Anderson
> Montreal Canada
>
> Clear skies and good health
>
> ps: Don't eat bananas if you are going to spend the evening/night where
> there are mossies.
>
>
> Andrew Schott wrote:
> >
> > Thanks George!
> >
>        <Snip of othe stuff>
> > DEET is a nasty component of observing, especially here in the heart of
> > Swampland, USA.  It's omnivourous abilities are the main consideration
in
> > selecting the paint for the final finish on a 15" fiberglass tube I'm
> > refinishing for a 30cm f/6 Newt.  Whatever I use has to be DEET proof or
> > else I come home from the session with melted paint all over me, my
car's
> > upholstery and everything else.  Probably will use an epoxy based poly
or
> > something.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "George Anderson" <georgea@cam.org>
> > To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 10:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: [APML] Pentax ME Super camera(Tommy Lim)
> >
> > On the ME the 1/125 sync and B settings are 100% manual and not
> > batteries are required. They are set by rotating the OFF/A/M/125/B
> > switch. The shutter curtain is a vertical metal blade shutter.
> > DEET (the most common type of bug repelant) is nasty to almost all
> > plastics and you really don't want it on your hands while handling
> > optics or film.
> >
> > George Anderson
> > Montreal Canada
> >
> > Clear skies and good health
> >
> > Andrew Schott wrote:
> > >
> > > Yo, Tommy
> > >
> > > It's funny about the ME Super SE.  When mine died I took it all apart
and
> > <expunge>
> >
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