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Testbench ACCESSORIES
Theairfilter
canberemoved
for cleaning
VSGO Imp
● £13.50● http://www.vsgophoto.com
ONEOFthemostannoyingproblemswithdigitalcamerasis dust.
Geta speckonyoursensorduringa shoot,andyoucanfindyourself
laboriouslycloningit outof everypictureafterwards.Whilesome
camerashaveveryeffectiveanti-dustmeasures(takea bow,
Olympus),othersseemtobeveritabledustmagnets.I’veresortedto
carryingsensor-cleaningkitoneverytripI takewith my Sony Alpha 7 II,
witha bulbairblowerbeinga keyweapon
in thearmoury.
This10cm-tallblowerfromVSGOis a
particularlyfineexample,thankstoa
rangeof unusualfeatures.First,it filters
theairasit drawsit intothebulb,
meaningyoudon’tjustendup
blowingdustintoyourcamera,and
theairfiltercanbeeasilyremoved
forcleaning,too.Secondly,it
employsa softsiliconetip,
ratherthanhardplasticor
metal,sothere’snoriskof
damagingyoursensor.
Thirdly,a weightedbase
meansthatit always
standsupright,
Weeble-style,which
alsohelpskeepthe
tipclean.Together,
thesemakefora
particularlywell
thought-outdesign
thatworksreally
well.A larger
‘Hurricane’versionis
available,too.
Andy Westlake
TheVSGOImp
standsupright
thankstoits
weighted base