condensation
Dec 10, 2021 00:00:02 #
I know to put my camera in a freezer bag when I anticipate gowing from cold to warm and leaving the gear alone for a couple of hours. But what about this scenario? I'm jumping in and out of my car taking shots on a very cold day?
Dec 10, 2021 00:37:58 #
denverdave wrote:
I know to put my camera in a freezer bag when I anticipate gowing from cold to warm and leaving the gear alone for a couple of hours. But what about this scenario? I'm jumping in and out of my car taking shots on a very cold day?
Leave the car windows open, maybe?
Dec 10, 2021 01:40:10 #
Keep your camera & bag with lenses in your trunk
Has worked for me in the past
Has worked for me in the past
Dec 10, 2021 04:25:54 #
ken_stern wrote:
Keep your camera & bag with lenses in your trunk
Has worked for me in the past
Has worked for me in the past
But keep batteries warm.
Dec 10, 2021 05:24:29 #
Brian in Whitby
Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
A car heater heats the cold dry air but as far as I know, there is no moisture added to the air so it should not be a problem. The air in a heated car should be very dry. I know my glasses do not fog up when getting into a heated car so I don't think your camera will either.
Dec 10, 2021 05:41:14 #
Brian in Whitby wrote:
A car heater heats the cold dry air but as far as I know, there is no moisture added to the air so it should not be a problem. The air in a heated car should be very dry. I know my glasses do not fog up when getting into a heated car so I don't think your camera will either.
If there is any snow in the picture, there will most definitely be moisture from walking in the snow. The heated air [i]lowers]/i] the relative humidity, but the melting snow, one's breath and any perspiration will add it back and then some.
Dec 10, 2021 06:01:29 #
denverdave wrote:
I know to put my camera in a freezer bag...
I do this all winter long, and for the last 40 years, it has never been an issue from film days to Digital.
Dec 10, 2021 06:30:53 #
denverdave wrote:
I know to put my camera in a freezer bag when I anticipate gowing from cold to warm and leaving the gear alone for a couple of hours. But what about this scenario? I'm jumping in and out of my car taking shots on a very cold day?
I live in the mid-west, and it has not been an issue for me.
Dec 10, 2021 06:51:07 #
1. Cold winter air is quite dry.
2. Unless you have a really old car the cabin air, and any moisture from your breath, is constantly being replaced by heated outside air.
3. If moisture in your car was an issue you would have condensation, and probably ice, on the inside of your windows.
4. For decades now, at low temperatures, vehicle heat/ac systems run the ac to dry incoming air before it is heated. Below a certain point, around 32f, the ac is not used because the air is already dry enough.
2. Unless you have a really old car the cabin air, and any moisture from your breath, is constantly being replaced by heated outside air.
3. If moisture in your car was an issue you would have condensation, and probably ice, on the inside of your windows.
4. For decades now, at low temperatures, vehicle heat/ac systems run the ac to dry incoming air before it is heated. Below a certain point, around 32f, the ac is not used because the air is already dry enough.
Dec 10, 2021 06:58:08 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
ken_stern wrote:
Keep your camera & bag with lenses in your trunk
Has worked for me in the past
Has worked for me in the past
Or windows open at least some. If you need a little heat on your feet or windshield, use just enough.Dec 10, 2021 07:21:05 #
Dec 10, 2021 08:12:58 #
Heating air reduces the moisture content in the air.
Unless it's 'humid' in your car there should be no problem.
Unless it's 'humid' in your car there should be no problem.
Dec 10, 2021 08:38:50 #
I am all over the country in all sorts of extreme temperatures and have never found condensation a problem on any of my camera equipment ever. Generally speaking the camera/lenses are transported in some type of camera case and taken out of the back seat of my truck when I reach my photo destination.
Dennis
Dennis
Dec 10, 2021 08:49:39 #
dennis2146 wrote:
I am all over the country in all sorts of extreme temperatures and have never found condensation a problem on any of my camera equipment ever. Generally speaking the camera/lenses are transported in some type of camera case and taken out of the back seat of my truck when I reach my photo destination.
Dennis
Dennis
The scenario occurs when a cold camera enters a warm humid atmosphere, not when a warm camera enters a cold atmosphere.
Dec 10, 2021 08:50:13 #
LFingar wrote:
1. Cold winter air is quite dry.
Although cold air holds less moisture, the relative humidity can be very high resulting in condensation in certain situations.
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