Lens cabinet
Jan 4, 2022 15:14:02 #
RonMe
Loc: San Antonio
Grahame wrote:
I 100% recommend the 'Ruggard' dehumidifier range sold by B&H. They are very reasonably priced, look good, made well and use very low power.
Living at the edge of a rain forest and on the coast with humidity regularly well in the 90s it is the most loved bit of my photographic kit toys.
Living at the edge of a rain forest and on the coast with humidity regularly well in the 90s it is the most loved bit of my photographic kit toys.
I also have a Ruggard cabinet I bought from B&H and I like it a lot. Aside from providing a low humidity environment for my camera gear, it also provides me with a low dust environment. The cabinet allows me to store all of my kit in one convenient location that can be easily organized. Even if humidity isn't a major issue for you, the other benefits made the purchase worth while for me.
Jan 4, 2022 18:20:47 #
Longshadow wrote:
I lived in Florida for 27 years and never had a problem with any of my lenses.
They lived in a camera bag in my closet.
Back in PA again, they still live in a camera bag in my closet.
No way I'm going to spring for a climate controlled cabinet.
They lived in a camera bag in my closet.
Back in PA again, they still live in a camera bag in my closet.
No way I'm going to spring for a climate controlled cabinet.
Jan 4, 2022 18:25:47 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
RonMe wrote:
I also have a Ruggard cabinet I bought from B&H and I like it a lot. Aside from providing a low humidity environment for my camera gear, it also provides me with a low dust environment. The cabinet allows me to store all of my kit in one convenient location that can be easily organized. Even if humidity isn't a major issue for you, the other benefits made the purchase worth while for me.
I also have a Ruggard dry cabinet. My $13,000.00 lens lives there along with my other professional equipment. Very inexpensive piece of mind and a proper storage for my gear. I would not be without one.
When I sell my gear I always state that the equipment was properly stored in a dry cabinet. I think it is value added.
Jan 4, 2022 20:08:43 #
I live in a smallish apartment in Manhattan with limited storage space. Instead of storing four oversized LowePro camera bags in a corner of my living room, I purchased a Slinger Electric Dry Cabinet for lenses and cameras. Now all of my lenses are in one place and displayed in an attractive humidity-controlled cabinet. And my wife is much happier.
Jan 4, 2022 20:36:56 #
Gene51 wrote:
Silica becomes saturated in humid environments, and are useless unless in a small sealed enclosure - like the bags that electronics come in. Saving them for this purpose is an exercise in futility, unless you plan to bake them between 50°C and 90°C to "dry them out" for reuse AND you put gear in tight bags that will not "outgas" - depositing a film on everything in the bag. So no Ziplock or Baggies, etc.
Greetings Gene, I have a question about your comment about the zip-lock bags... Can you explain about the off-gassing ? Sounds like some of that Good Knowledge I didn't have but glad to know about. Thanks in advance for sharing. Conley/Rusty Carpenter
Jan 4, 2022 22:35:25 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
olddutch wrote:
There is a product called “Golden Rod”. That I have in a safe for 15 years now. And nothing in that safe has rusted. Just plug it into a 115v outlet and let it hang there. < snip >
An incandescent light bulb is often mentioned as an inexpensive (and equally effective) substitute for a golden rod when people talk about gun safes.
My own lenses live in a felt-padded drawer under a bench in my old darkroom - which now has two Canon Pro-10 printers for image output. That drawer has held any number of lenses over the past 45 years, and thanks to my heated and A/C basement none of 'em have ever developed mold or any other crud inside.
Jan 5, 2022 03:44:24 #
Canisdirus wrote:
I live in a high humidity area, and dry boxes were... (show quote)
Dire Wolf, that is an interesting screen name. I have a couple Canis lupus familiaris living with me.
Jan 6, 2022 03:48:08 #
OnDSnap wrote:
Save those little packs of silica that come with just about every electronic. Keep a couple in each cab.
Those little packs are not silica!, they are Silica Gel
Jan 6, 2022 06:00:21 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Dire Wolf, that is an interesting screen name. I have a couple Canis lupus familiaris living with me.
Heh...me too.
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