Moisture in camera and lens
Apr 14, 2024 18:31:31 #
You can buy desicant in sealed aluminium containers,, they have dryrite in them and can be heated in an oven to recharge. Bulk dryrite can also be purchased on Amazon. As suggested opening everything, blowing out with clean air or nitrogen from a can, but not from an air compressor unless is has Teflon lined pistons and the air it pressurized is either dry before intake or dried before using at the output. There are also regenerative systems which can take filty, oily air and produce clean air with a dew pt of -90+ F, but those I know of require a big compressor that can constantly supply several cubic feet per minute of 120 psi air and aren't cheap, used to supply dry air to instruments with moisture sensitive components.
Apr 14, 2024 18:35:20 #
I'd also recommend getting distilled water and dunkin, draining, etc. camera several times to remove any acid from the rain. Or at least wash it like the rain did.
Apr 14, 2024 20:03:40 #
I just watched an interesting, to me, video on what to do with a wet camera. The rice was interesting as he recommends a bag of rice with some hole in it, inside a bag with the camera. Less than 10 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cVIGV5FrCM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cVIGV5FrCM
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Apr 14, 2024 23:23:09 #
gfox333 wrote:
Hello all! Looking for some good advice. At the end of a full day of eclipse shooting on Monday, here in the path of totality, I accidentally left one of my camera outfits sitting outdoors on my deck for approximately 5 days, in which four of those days it has rained 😔. Both of them have definitely taken on moisture. What would be my next move on them now? I can come up with some desiccants. Thanks for any advice.
I am not reading all of the useful advice you have recieved, or saying what I did after being caught in serious rain (twice) with one camera and lens. My cameras are older DSLRs, and I already have bought multiple bodies, but after the first rain event I also bought a duplicate lens since I depended on it. After the second storm (a year later) the camera is a bit quirky and the lens zoom uneven, so the abused gear is reserved for fun events.
I hope that you are not talking about newer expensive Nikon gear. If it will not work after dry out, I would not believe that it can be repaired, after seeing a complete camera dissection video.
Boris
Apr 15, 2024 07:41:41 #
Artcameraman
Loc: Springfield NH
gfox333 wrote:
Hello all! Looking for some good advice. At the end of a full day of eclipse shooting on Monday, here in the path of totality, I accidentally left one of my camera outfits sitting outdoors on my deck for approximately 5 days, in which four of those days it has rained 😔. Both of them have definitely taken on moisture. What would be my next move on them now? I can come up with some desiccants. Thanks for any advice.
This is extreme but a hair dryer on low pointed in the direction from sexeral feet away will dry them out in a day or two. Had this problem in St Maartin and was told about.
Apr 15, 2024 08:07:09 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
How low is low
Just enough to feel 150 to 175.
Apr 15, 2024 10:05:26 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
I'll pass and use my camera on my tracking telescope, 400mm with its solar filter. Thanks for info.
Apr 15, 2024 10:34:38 #
Apr 15, 2024 12:08:02 #
Ignore the rice recommendations. There are many posts online that recommend against doing this with cell phones. If you have a dehumidier, put the cameras and dehumidier in the same room, and set the dehumidifier on high. Leave it there for a few days.
Apr 15, 2024 13:04:17 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
That's a suggestion not mentioned. Mine was a hair dryer on low.
I think rice dust would be a nightmare for dust on the sensor
I think rice dust would be a nightmare for dust on the sensor
Apr 16, 2024 16:56:20 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
I'll pass and use my camera on my tracking telescope, 400mm with its solar filter. Thanks for info.
Anytime.
Youre welcome !
Apr 16, 2024 18:29:34 #
mikegreenwald
Loc: Illinois
Some years ago I was caught in a hailstorm, summertime, well above tree line in Colorado and about two miles from my open (!!) car. I had a Rollei 6008i camera and 90mm(?) lens. Leaving my own problems aside, both lens and camera were soaked and inoperable. Some of the lens elements delaminated, and the shutter and parts were clearly and obviously impaired. I sent it to two repair shops independently; both said it would be cheaper to replace than to repair. I tried a home repair of camera (not the lens) in a lightly heated vacuum box plus disassembly and cleaning, and I sort of got the camera working. The optical rangefinder was a little off afterwards, and the shutter speeds were suspect. I used it occasionally with other lenses, but never again for anything important. I eventually gave it away.
I bought a Mamiya 7 with 43 , 80, and one other lens ("loaned" to a friend who moved away with my lens). I rarely use it now because of the inconvenience and expense.
I bought a Mamiya 7 with 43 , 80, and one other lens ("loaned" to a friend who moved away with my lens). I rarely use it now because of the inconvenience and expense.
Apr 16, 2024 23:34:17 #
mikegreenwald wrote:
I bought a Mamiya 7 with 43 , 80, and one other lens ("loaned" to a friend who moved away with my lens). I rarely use it now because of the inconvenience and expense.
I bought a Mamiya 7 with 43 , 80, and one other lens ("loaned" to a friend who moved away with my lens). I rarely use it now because of the inconvenience and expense.
The more often that I warmly recall Mamiya rangefinders, the more I crave a Sony a7cII.
I really like the Z Nikons, but it seems like Nikon would never challenge the a7cII :-(
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