camera fog
Aug 3, 2021 13:10:43 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
If moving from cold to hot / humid, place the equipment in a large zip lock bag before heading out of the A/C. Let warm the 20- to 30-minutes inside the bag where the condensation can't form directly on the cold equipment. Keeping in the car trunk is good for car travelling. You may have to hold and wait on the cruise. Expel the air from the bag before closing and leaving the A/C so there's less to warm while you wait through the temperature change.
Aug 3, 2021 13:36:10 #
Aug 3, 2021 16:51:20 #
keith k wrote:
During the summer months, what is the best way to deal with lens fog when you got in and out of air conditioning?
If you are travelling, do you store the camera in the car? What about on a cruise?
Thanks
Keith
If you are travelling, do you store the camera in the car? What about on a cruise?
Thanks
Keith
Time - time to aclimate, in or out,as you switch between climatic conditions.,
Aug 3, 2021 19:05:43 #
Aug 3, 2021 19:56:07 #
rmalarz wrote:
For the sake of photography, I tend to set the auto a/c a bit warmer than most would like it. The interior of my car is cool but not cold. This alleviates a lot of the fog issues which concern most people.
--Bob
--Bob
Aug 3, 2021 20:38:17 #
For the cruise if we ever get to go again I have a usb powered lap size electric blanket I keep on my equipment in the cabin so I can grab and head to the deck if there is something to shoot.
Aug 4, 2021 04:06:58 #
A cool camera or lens taken into warm moist air will suffer from condensation. Keeping the camera and lens in an airtight container (ziplock bag) until it has warmed to the ambient temperature is the best way to avoid it.
Condensation is not only inconvenient. it will damage or degrade your equipment by:
a. providing moisture for fungus to grow on lens or sensor, and
b. trapping dust from the air, which means more cleaning, therefore more cleaning marks, and can be hard to reach inside a lens or on a sensor, and provides a base and food source on which the fungus mentioned above grows.
For the sake of your camera, not just that day's pictures, avoid condensation if at all possible, don't just accept it and wait for it to evaporate again.
Condensation is not only inconvenient. it will damage or degrade your equipment by:
a. providing moisture for fungus to grow on lens or sensor, and
b. trapping dust from the air, which means more cleaning, therefore more cleaning marks, and can be hard to reach inside a lens or on a sensor, and provides a base and food source on which the fungus mentioned above grows.
For the sake of your camera, not just that day's pictures, avoid condensation if at all possible, don't just accept it and wait for it to evaporate again.
Aug 7, 2021 17:51:14 #
When you're in hot humid conditions you do have to think ahead. In the summer months, I have my cameras live in a warmer spot in the laundry room. Try to find a warm spot in your house or the cruise ship. If they get cold though do use the bag method.
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