Hey gang...I'm on vacation in Texas and I have a qustion regarding cameras...OK: During our stay, the hotel room is quite cold with the A/C running all the time, but when I take the camera outside, it fogs up (the lens, and possibly inside the camera as well) Here is my question: How long should you let your camera adjust to the outside conditions before you use it..ie: If there was that fog on the lens, and would moisture be likely to creep inside the camera as well, say onto the light sensor or what not? Hopefully this makes sense :-).......vacation over tomorrow, hope to catch up with all of you soon!
Thanks,
TJ
this can take quite some time but you should rather put your camera into a sealed zip-lock bag while still in the cool hotel-room and let the moisture fog the bag instead of the camera. Condensation could get into your lens if you're not using sealed lenses and that's pretty bad.
I had the EXACT same issue when I went out to take pictures today! I'm at a South Carolina beach, and the lens fogged up for the first ten minutes, but once I got into the open area, it was fine.
Yes.....keep your camera in your camera bag or sealed up especially if the temp is colder or hotter than normal room temp.
My camera will do the same and will not even let me take pictures, until the camera reaches its best temp to perform.
I hope nothing is wrong with your camera and all goes back to normal....I'm sure there was allot of extra moisture in that hotel room lots of condensation builds especially with those units they use in those rooms.
and the moisture you are seeing with the lenses fogging is probably between the camera and lense and probably isnt going to harm your camera now that you were able to catch it soon....You might drop by a wolf camera place and ask them just to make sure!
Have a great trip and safe traveling home!
TJ I think it is the opposite problem The AC inthe room dehumidifies the air, as well as cooling the camera. When you go outside the warmer and more humid air hits the cold camera and condenses. This should be occurring on the ouside of tthe lenses or sealed compoinenst bu tcould affect any unsealed aereas (such as electronics). The camera should be fine once it reaches the ambient temperature and the lens probably wont even need a wipe. When I was working in the Northern Territory (hot and humid) I used to leavel my camera out of sight in the car rather than taking it into the AC. Probably not a practical alternative for a hotel though. Might disappear!
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Douglas has got the reason for the condensation right. The cold A/C in the room is making the camera cold (obviously) and when you step outside, it fogs up, like a cold drink will. That moisture could, theoretically, cause problems if there was enough of it. I would recommend keeping the camera in a suitcase or something where it won't get quite as cold, and when you take it outside, the plastic bag wouldn't be a bad idea until the camera got warm enough to NOT fog up.
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My camera will do the same and will not even let me take pictures, until the camera reaches its best temp to perform.
I hope nothing is wrong with your camera and all goes back to normal....I'm sure there was allot of extra moisture in that hotel room lots of condensation builds especially with those units they use in those rooms.
and the moisture you are seeing with the lenses fogging is probably between the camera and lense and probably isnt going to harm your camera now that you were able to catch it soon....You might drop by a wolf camera place and ask them just to make sure!
Have a great trip and safe traveling home!
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