Quote from: Walter Schulz on January 25, 2021, 07:39:32 PM
Bad news. My friend (nowadays teaching chemistry and stuff) checked pics of your cam and cannot offer a solution (sorry, lame pun) which will dissolve ants and ant's remnants without dissolving camera, too. You may try to mechanical cleanup cam with careful appliance of fluids (water, isopropanol). But verdigris standard treatment involves acids and protein stains require detergents with enzyms. Both will harm electric circuits.
Sorry!
It was worth the shot tho! Thanks for asking anyways. I will perform a deeper careful cleanup with isopropanol now that I know what I'm against, and feel more comfortable with the disassembly process which is really not that difficult. That should get it as clean as can be, at least to function properly and give me some peace of mind.
Funny disassembly story... at one point, when taking apart the mode dial selector, there's a bearing ball that's held in place by a tiny spring. Removing this is pretty straightforward, but putting the spring back proved to be trickier. On my first try I managed to send it rocketing out the window when I lost the pressure over it with my screwdriver. I don't even know how I was lucky enough to find it again, lol. Needless to say, the next attempt was done with the whole piece (and most of my head) inside a big plastic bag.