Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And people thought only dampness causes haze on our lens. The difference between a pristine 10 year old lens and one that gets foggy is directly dependent on how one stores it. - --- Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> wrote: > > It depends on the temperature of the room. If the > room is above > 80F/20C, then you're going to start cooking things. > First the film on > the inside, then the plastics. Remember that > plastics outgas a lot of > icky stuff that has a tendency to migrate onto > lenses. A 15 watt bulb > is safer. > > Then again, MP users have nothing to fear but fear > itself (and > perhaps the vulcanite). > > Karen > > p.s. In hot/sticky Japan, they sell refrigerators > for film/cameras. > They are about $500 each. You can achieve the > identical result > stateside with the $100 wine refrigerators at > Costco. > > > > > >-- > >Wouldn't a metal storage cabinet, fitted with a > light socket, with a > >60 W. bulb left burning, be a viable alternative to > spending a lot > >of money for a purpose-built dry cabinet? > > > >Bob Marvin > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html