Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Two common methods in use here, both of which seem effective; cheap - fully air tight box with a lot of silica gel in it - change the gel or dry it out every few months a sit loses its blue colour and starts to go pale (depending on how often you open the box. The other more expensive method is a proper humidity controlled cupboard. They come in various sizes - here they are about US$300 for a 1 foot cube. Using the camera a lot and exposing the lens elements is of course the best method - the uv inhibits fungus growth and you get to make some photographs - the shots of the inside of the box look very boring after a while;-) Nick Jackson Kuala Lumpur Clicio Barroso wrote: > > Hi All > > This will sound pretty stupid, but considering I live in hot, humid > Brazil, is there a *sure* way to avoid fungus in my (expensive) lenses? > All my experiences seem to fail (been trying many different methods for > the past 20 years...) > Cheers, Clicio > > Best Links to photography sites at: > ------------------------------------- > http://www.clicio.com.br > > The Latent Image: don't miss it! > ------------------------------------------------------------- > http://personal.netwrx.net/ian/latent/TheLatentImage.html-ssi > >