An under-emphasised aspect of photography. I leant a camera with zoom lens to my wife, who used it in the rain without telling me. A few weeks later, a wonderful fungus garden on an inner element.
Another moisture problem for cameras is condensation. If you take your camera from a warmer, higher humidity environment outside into a cold one the humidity inside your camera can condense on the inside of the body. Same thing can happen when taking a cold camera into a high humidity warm environment too quickly. Using the bag technique with the silica packets works very well. Just put the camera in the bag before taking it inside.
Good advice, Robert. It is possible to buy silica gel 'beads' ( that don't crumble or generate dust ) which can then be put in very lightweight mesh bags. Roughly about £20 or £30 for a few Kg of them, in fact. So , with copious amounts of these, they can be put into a sealed bag to dry something no matter how much water the item has at the start. You can also get 'indicator' beads that change colour when they become more saturated ( so they can be replaced or reactivated / dried out via heat in e.g. a cooker ).
Ooh that's awesome, I didn't know about those! I'll have to pick some of those up, as I've run out of space to store additional camera bags right now and therefore my regular resupply is postponed 🙈 Those indicator beads sound like a great idea too, especially if they can be reused.
The solution I've found after forty years as a Nikon user is to not get them wet in the first place! Nikon's policy is if anyone damages their gear through water ingress it will be considered abuse therefore Nikon will invalidate the warranty and you'll be left with very expensive paper weights! Be warned!
It doesn't look like you have a hotshoe cover on your camera. If you don't have one, tape it over with some electrical tape when out in the rain. Maybe more of a tip for Sony users.
I did think about mentioning that - something for the next video perhaps! I do usually put a cover on, though curiously I've never had any issues on Panasonic or Nikon cameras 🤔
An under-emphasised aspect of photography. I leant a camera with zoom lens to my wife, who used it in the rain without telling me. A few weeks later, a wonderful fungus garden on an inner element.
Wipe rain away with finger. Got it. Thanks!
Another moisture problem for cameras is condensation. If you take your camera from a warmer, higher humidity environment outside into a cold one the humidity inside your camera can condense on the inside of the body. Same thing can happen when taking a cold camera into a high humidity warm environment too quickly. Using the bag technique with the silica packets works very well. Just put the camera in the bag before taking it inside.
There are also USB “lens blankets” / lens warmer to warm them up (for cold -> warm)
Good advice, Robert. It is possible to buy silica gel 'beads' ( that don't crumble or generate dust ) which can then be put in very lightweight mesh bags. Roughly about £20 or £30 for a few Kg of them, in fact. So , with copious amounts of these, they can be put into a sealed bag to dry something no matter how much water the item has at the start. You can also get 'indicator' beads that change colour when they become more saturated ( so they can be replaced or reactivated / dried out via heat in e.g. a cooker ).
Ooh that's awesome, I didn't know about those! I'll have to pick some of those up, as I've run out of space to store additional camera bags right now and therefore my regular resupply is postponed 🙈 Those indicator beads sound like a great idea too, especially if they can be reused.
+1 recommendation on the indicator beads/packets. They can be reused if dried out.
The solution I've found after forty years as a Nikon user is to not get them wet in the first place! Nikon's policy is if anyone damages their gear through water ingress it will be considered abuse therefore Nikon will invalidate the warranty and you'll be left with very expensive paper weights! Be warned!
It doesn't look like you have a hotshoe cover on your camera. If you don't have one, tape it over with some electrical tape when out in the rain. Maybe more of a tip for Sony users.
I did think about mentioning that - something for the next video perhaps! I do usually put a cover on, though curiously I've never had any issues on Panasonic or Nikon cameras 🤔
Good stuff.
I also take from this “Don’t aggravate seals”. Probably wise. 🦭💨