Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:38 AM 3/9/02 +0800, you wrote: >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. Or, instead of a dry box, you can leave a light bulb on the in the closet which will accomplish the same thing. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html