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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HokkaidoStu" data-source="post: 1488120" data-attributes="member: 504">I got an eyepiece off ebay for my Pentax scope a few years ago. It had some dust inside (not much but just a little) so I unscrewed it with the intention of giving it a quick go with a blower. ALL the elements fell out onto the floor. None were smashed but by the time I'd figured out how to put them back together in the right order they were covered with grease from my hands, dust from the floor and god knows what else. I cleaned them as best I could but ............ I've never used that eyepiece as it now has a Jackson Pollack filter effect.I'm not especially careful with my camera and there are always a few dust spots when I take landscape shots with a lot of sky. The Rocket Blower gets rid of some of them but I prefer to use the clone tool in photoshop to opening up the camera and running the risk of making it worse.When I upgrade my body later this year I may give the older one a good clean inside. Perhaps.</blockquote>