Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Tina, but then either Mom or the maid will turn it off. ;-) Ted in Olalla - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Taking precautions against fungus in tropical humidity > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html