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 AnAppleSnail
   
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
 |  |  |  | Re: Respirators: Full face or goggles?
<Reply # 20 on 6/10/2009 4:39 PM >
|  | | | Posted by LiveAudio
If you EVER feel light headed while doing anything, get to fresh air. If it doesn't get better, you need to get treatment fast.
For 99.9% of UE this won't be an issue, but if you enter a sealed sewer or zero airflow confined space, your respirator might be the wrong tool.
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If the water starts bubbling under any circumstances, the bubbles are NOT oxygen. Even in a clean (but low flow) storm drain you can have a nasty discharge of unpleasant organic gases that make it uninhabitable.
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Krenta
 
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Nope, wasn't me.
| | Re: Respirators: Full face or goggles?
<Reply # 21 on 6/10/2009 9:02 PM >
| | | | If anyone cares about the original question, still: The old M17 gas masks are fairly usable with cameras. I wouldn't trust the filters as anything but P100 anymore, but if you can find one in good condition, cheap, they do work pretty well for photography. (They're old, but they were still standard-issue for most police departments in the United States until early 2003, and there was a company remanufacturing them until about the same time, so there are some out there that have been fairly recently rebuilt and tested.)
Most of the other modern masks are much nicer and more comfortable - I personally like the MSA Advantage 1000 and the almost identical MSA Millennium - but crap for photography. I love the Advantage 1000; if you're looking for a full-face respirator and photography isn't a major concern, it's hard to find a nicer, more comfortable mask, period.
As for half-masks, they're usually adequate for most of what we do, but they don't fit everyone, and I've yet to find a pair of goggles that both work well for photography, and don't get scratched by the camera super-easily.
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hilite
  
Gender: Male
don't destroy my sweater....
| | | Re: Respirators: Full face or goggles?
<Reply # 22 on 6/15/2009 5:11 PM >
| | | | Posted by trent
Has anyone ran across a full face respirator where the mask is still close to your face.
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I'm thinking that maybe you can take out one of the cartridges and seal the hole in order to make shooting easier.
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terapr0
 
Location: Sauga City
Gender: Male
www . tohellandback . net
| | | Re: Respirators: Full face or goggles?
<Reply # 23 on 6/16/2009 2:42 AM >
| | | | glad to hear you went with the half mask...its a much better choice for all but the most specialized applications.
and on a side note, as great as an idea as it may seen because it will help mask the smell, I dont think wearing a HEPA (P100) filter into a confined space with a very humid atmosphere is a good idea....most particulate filters are only really efficient when they're dry...not to say that its impossible to breath through a moist filter, but in an area with potential for an oxygen deficient atmosphere, its just going to make it even more difficult to inhale enough of what you need to get to safety. This is especially true for the 3M 2093 and 2097 P100 filters, which are fully exposed HEPA filters and will soak up moisture if given the chance
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g.o.s.t.
Gender: Male
Going Out Seeking Truth
| | Re: Respirators: Full face or goggles?
<Reply # 24 on 6/16/2009 3:39 AM >
| | | | I know with my DSLR I have a live view setting. It sucks but I can at least set up the shot and then turn it of to take the shot. I get the same results without using my viewfinder by doing it in a two step process. I only do that however when I absolutely cannot use my viewfinder.
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