Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia are all equally bad for camera gears. Even with care, in daily usage, my M's viewfinder developed haze and had to be cleaned after I got back to California. I found the zoom lens are the most prone for fungus attack. - --- Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com> wrote: > > Andrea Cucina wrote: > > Hi to everybody, > > I am going to move to and live in a very humid > tropical environment, and > I am > > pretty much concerned of the electronic > components of the Leica (I have an > > R7). > > Hope you can help me in the search. > > Regards > > Andy > Andy, > I learned the hard way that keeping cameras > unspoiled in tropical humidity > requires a "dry box" - these days usually a plastic > sealed cupboard which > has a heater bar in it with a thermostat and a means > to measure humidity. I > keep all my camera equipment in one of these (Eureka > Auto Dry Box - made in > Japan) and when it gets full because I keep buying > things - then I sell off > some things. I am now at the stage of thinking about > getting another box - > as the present one is over flowing and I don't want > to sell anything I > presently have. :-) > My learning-the-hard-way story follows. I was living > in Singapore and went > home to Canada one summer for holidays. In Singapore > the clothes closets > had heaters in them to keep mildew off the clothes. > While we were away the > maid turned off the heaters (saving money for us) > and when we came back > after a month all the leather goods in the closet > were green with mold and > a nearly new 90mm tele elmarit (finally on topic!) > stored on the top shelf > had its internal glass etched with fungus. Be sure > to buy and use a dry box > where ever you go. That way your R7 will work just > fine. > Cheers > Howard. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html