Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I lived in New Orleans many years, and lens fungus was never among us. Humidity 90-100% many days. Many lenses over many years. I don't think humid climate enters into the equation, so much. Regards. Sonny - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Cummer" <cummer@netvigator.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 8:38 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Taking precautions against fungus in tropical humidity > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html