Using rice to absorb moisture in cameras
Nov 18, 2011 15:01:09 #
I know when your cell phone gets wet you can save it by putting it into a bag with rice and leaving it alone for a few days while the rice absorbs the moisture. Do you think this will work for cameras as well when they're exposed to the elements and develop condensation or are wet from being in the rain?
Nov 18, 2011 15:06:14 #
My photography teacher told us to throw in those desiccant silicagel packs (the kind you get in a box with your new shoes, and really, a lot of different items) into your camera bags.
Nov 18, 2011 15:17:11 #
Nov 19, 2011 09:03:24 #
Yes, I always save the desiccant packets. My wife uses the ones that come in pill jars to keep her mother's pills dry in the summer.
Nov 19, 2011 09:07:58 #
Nov 19, 2011 10:54:11 #
I usually have a bag or two of beef jerky , as a snack in my camera bag. A little packet of silica jell is inside, which I leave in my bag. I saved a couple of cameras, and other electronics that were wet, by leaving them alone. You can either use rice or the silica gel.
To speed the process I place the camera i the furnace room, where it will be both warm and dry.
Be sure to take the batteries out. I usually put the silica gel packets inside the camera, or the battery compartment. If the camera has a removable lens take it off.
To speed the process I place the camera i the furnace room, where it will be both warm and dry.
Be sure to take the batteries out. I usually put the silica gel packets inside the camera, or the battery compartment. If the camera has a removable lens take it off.
Nov 19, 2011 12:19:12 #
You can also by a pack of twenty on ebay to put in your cameras, camera bags, lens pouches, etc. Can never have enough.
Nov 19, 2011 12:21:59 #
Rich Maher wrote:
You can also by a pack of twenty on ebay to put in your cameras, camera bags, lens pouches, etc. Can never have enough.
That's good to know - never would have thought to buy them there.
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