His manners are deplorable, his sense of humour is downright off the
wall but he is so helpful in times like this, So Giving, which is
why we allow him to stick around. {
LOL
Mike
--- In Nikon-D50%40yahoogroups.com">Nikon-D50
yahoogroups.com, "wlmr1001" <wlmr1001...> wrote:
>
> Ok, guess I'll have to step up to the plate.
>
> (Insert sigh here signifying how much work I'm getting into.)
>
> Everyone who needs to dry out their camera lenses go ahead and send
to
> me here in Arizona. Have you heard the phrase "it's a dry heat"?
> I'll even assist you in drying out camera bodies if you ask nice.
Of
> course I'll have to validate the dryness on regular intervals by
> performance testing any lens and camera body sent to me. I suppose
> I'd then have to post the results of the performance test.
>
> Of course you'll have to pay for both the shipping and return
shipping
> and I'll have to charge a pro-rated amount based on how much of a
> premium flickr account I'd need to pay for.
>;
> When can I expect everyone to start sending camera equipment? (grins
> and rubs hands together in anticipation)
>
> Loy
>
> P.S.
>; For anyone wondering what a "dry heat" feels like, heat up your oven
>; and put your head in. That's also a dry heat as our tester of low
> cost desiccant alternatives already knows!
>
>
> --- In Nikon-D50%40yahoogroups.com">Nikon-D50yahoogroups.com, AnddyDZL wrote:
> >
>; >
> >
> > There doesn't seem to be much in the way of hard facts about this.
> It seems
> > good advice to not store a lens in a leather or other orgnaic case
>; as the
> > leather might itself carry or pick up the fungus. That assumes a
> fungus that
> > lives on leather will also live on whatever they live on in lens,
> whoever knows
> > that isn't making it easy to find :-(
> >
> > It seems to make sense to keep the humidity down, easier said than
>; done in
> > my case, our lowest monthly average is over 75%. At this moment
it's
> a dry
> > night and 94% and that's typical. The thing is I'd expect to hear
>; of more
> > problems from high humidity areas in the world and I haven't seen
>; any evidence of
> > that at all.
> >
> > I've looked at a couple of old lenses I have and a pair of
binoculars,
> > there's no sign of fungus and the only thing I've never done is
seal
> them up
> > anywhere. That proves nothing but I can't help feeling that the
> worst case is to
> > seal them carefully with a silica gel in a plastic bag and then
>; forget about
> > it, that's a guarantee of a soggy lens!
> >
> > Andy
>; >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>;
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