Camera Storage
Nov 24, 2018 00:06:46 #
Rick-in-Tor0nto
Loc: Toronto & Ft. Lauderdale
Personally I think it's good to not just leave your equipment lying around. You at least want to protect it from dust. If you have storage bags (cloth, etc.) for your extra (detached) lenses, that's probably good enough, IMHO. Otherwise, at the least put your camera bodies in plastic bags like the ones you find in supermarket vegetable sections. Or spend money on Ziplock bags. It's also a good idea to remove batteries (especially from flash units) and store these in their own bags. Finally, (and especially when flying or driving off-road), it's a good idea to set your M/A to M and turn off any VR on your lenses or bodies. The room where you're storing should be humidity controlled for all kinds of reasons. MHO.
Nov 24, 2018 00:35:55 #
rmalarz wrote:
I have an inordinate number of cameras and associated lenses. Mine are stored on shelves in a closet. Some are stored in the carrying cases I usually take with me. None are in plastic bags. I just don't feel comfortable about doing the bag thing.
--Bob
--Bob
I don't see the need for the bags. If you insist on doing it I'd suggest you come up with some of those little packages of used to absorb moisture. You know, the kind you find in medicine bottles and your new lens. Put them inside the plastic bags with your cameras. Heres' a link to something: https://www.amazon.com/DampRid-FG44-Lo-Profile-Refillable-Moisture/dp/B07BDTSLG9/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_194_bs_t_1/144-8809630-3923432?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=QXVZ0ZVHZWBYY3EKQPT7
Nov 24, 2018 07:31:36 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
I am careful NOT to use any of those equipment cases with hard foam or foam type protective material for long term storage . I discovered that some of those materials can begin to breakdown, gas off and become adhered to the equipment. It can attack certain plastics with a solvent kinda action and is impossible to clean.
I am careful NOT to use any of those equipment cases with hard foam or foam type protective material for long term storage . I discovered that some of those materials can begin to breakdown, gas off and become adhered to the equipment. It can attack certain plastics with a solvent kinda action and is impossible to clean.
Indeed! I've also had that problem with the padded shelf liners for tool chests, which appear to be of the same material used in some hard storage cases. Some have eventually emitted a strong acidic odor after just a few months, and the plastic parts of tools, such as screwdriver handles, became coated with a white powdery substance. With the application of much elbow grease it cleaned off with no apparent damage, but would have been a disaster with internal parts of any type of mechanism, particularly a camera or lens.
Nov 24, 2018 08:21:34 #
OllieFCR wrote:
Just to put you at ease. As a Ph.D. chemist I can assure you that as long as the dehumidifier sachet does not come in direct contact with your camera or lens there is no possible way it can harm either one.
Are you saying that letting the desiccant packets come in contact with your cameras and lenses stored in a bag can cause harm to the equipment in some way? I have searched the internet for confirmation of that and I can't find it. I have used desiccant packets in bags and cases containing cameras and lenses for decades without any problems. Have I been doing it wrong??
Nov 24, 2018 18:38:30 #
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