Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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