The Sensor On My Pocket Camera Was In Need Of A Clean,

the problem being, 

'A' it was expensive and 'B' it would take weeks to have it sent away, cleaned and returned, above is a photograph of a white screen on my computer, the camera is set at its normal when first switched on, 

this is it at maximum zoom, the more the zoom is used the more the dust/fluff is apparent, but I had a cunning plan, firstly let me say, "Do not try this at home", unless you are willing to write off your camera if it all goes wrong, I read on the Internet that a chap had attached his hoover to the camera lens switched the machine on and then used to zoom a couple of times, and had sucked the dust fluff off of the sensor, well it seemed too good to be true, so a cardboard tube from a tissue roll to connect the camera our hoover and I tried it, hoover on, zoom in, zoom out, twice,

and this is the result at the cameras normal setting, 

and at full zoom just one or two spots left on the sensor, what a result!

out of interest the above photograph I took before the sensor clean,

 

roughly the same position today, the sky clear of dust/fluff, a great result, Diana was at work as I made my way through the park,

the bluebells in Foxgrove Lodge garden in full flower, 

I made my way into town, the florists with a good show,

first stop the card shop, for Duncan's birthday next month, 

next the post office for a stamp, £2.10 for a first class stamp, it seemed expensive, but I had chosen a card that was deemed to be 'Large',

next stop Sainsbury's for some Garibaldi biscuits that were now in stock, they are Duncan's favorite biscuits, for myself another 4 cartons of beetroot juice, if it does even half of the things it is supposed to do it will be worth drinking it!

next a look at This 'N' That, 

as I crossed the road and dropped off some printing at the shop, and picked up some RO water for the aquarium and our Venus fly traps, next home and feet up for a couple of quiz shows before my evening meal and a Deadliest Catch, after which I decided to watch a film that I have always considered underrated with an all star cast, it was,

 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, I had watched it before with Diana, this is what I wrote then, 'if you like Terry Gilliam's work this is a must for you, the basic premise is that a travelling show in London allows people to walk through a magic mirror into Doctor Parnassus's mind, the Imaginarium, it is pretty confusing in there, well he is 1,000 years old! then the adventures begin, great surreal effects, costumes and players, the film also has a star studded cast, a pleasure to watch again', and it was, and by shear happenstance Diana arrived home just as it finished, so time for a coffee and a chat as well as a New Tricks before we were off to bed.