Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 17, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > Steve Barbour wrote: > >> I was thinking of a camera at ambient temperature, being carried from >> a warm place to a cold place...as above, or is it the opposite? > > Taking a camera at ambient temperature from a warm place to a cold > place should be no problem. When the warm camera encounters cold > air it transfers some of its heat to the air and the air then has > greater capacity for carrying water vapor, so there's no danger of > condensation. what is recall, in Phoenix I guess, was being in an air conditioned car with sunglasses, getting out of the car and having so much condensation quickly form on the glasses that I could not see... can that happen with a camera, I guess it can, why not ? so sudden cold to warm temp change and humidity change... Steve > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information