darcy_cote Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Does anyone use these guns for film or lenses? http://www.2spi.com/catalog/photo/zerostat.shtml Darcy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_fisher1 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Yeah, I have been using an old "Static Neutralizer" gun by Quantum Instruments for quite a few years. I have used it regularly when re-assembling camera parts. After a few shots with the gun, the dust almost falls off. An easy blow with a hand blower finishes the job. It has been especially useful on lens assembly. I have always felt it was worth more than the price. I don't know the price of the Zerostat, but is appears to be the same type device. JF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_swinehart Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 At one time I managed a photo/audio store and we sold Zerostat guns. They worked for eliminating static on vinyl records (the reason we stocked them), and I took one home for use in the darkroom. They work good for that also. They're a little tricky to use. You have to pull the trigger very slowly to get them to generate the most ions. If you rapidly pull the trigger like a squirt gun, they don't work at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Has anybody experimented with the effect of these guns on sensitive electronics? The reason I ask is that I have one, which I use for records, and at one point some years ago one of my kids aimed it at a novelty keychain, which had a little electronic soundmaker that made locomotive sounds. When aimed at this, it set off the soundmaker. I never noticed any harm to anything, but it seems worth noting that there is a lot of stray voltage coming out of these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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