Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Taking precautions against fungus in tropical humidity
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 20:58:03 -0600

Pelican cases (and some others) are hermetically sealed. I agree with the
suggestion below, and you can also store them with a Pelican case and some
silica gel packs.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Howard
> Cummer
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 8:39 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> 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.
>
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