Camera Lenses all steamed up!

[lorapinky]

Hello

When I went to Disney last year I remember once I had put my luggage down I ran outside into the All Star Movies resort and went to take pictures…and my lenses on my camera kept steaming up. It did so for the rest of the holiday. I wasn’t aware that it did this.

Have you all experience this?

If so what do you do to avoid it?

 

[Cochise]

Mine did each day for the first time i got the camera out of the case, after about 5/10 minutes that goes away

 

[waltfan1957]

Hello

When I went to Disney last year I remember once I had put my luggage down I ran outside into the All Star Movies resort and went to take pictures…and my lenses on my camera kept steaming up. It did so for the rest of the holiday. I wasn’t aware that it did this.

Have you all experience this?

If so what do you do to avoid it?

i think it has something to do with the air con wrap your camera in a towel

 

[Boss Hogg]

I've had this a few times. It is down to the change in temperature and humidity when going outside from air-conditioned buildings.

Not sure that there is much you can do about it, other than making sure it is not kept right by an air-conditioning unit. Keeping the camera in a camera bag should also help a little I would imagine.

 

[Goofyish]

Inside the aircon will cool any metal or glass surfaces on your camera, so when you go outside into the hot and humid air any moisture will form as condensation on the colder camera parts. Should clear once the camera gets warms up

Try keeping a silica gel pack in your camera bag to help soak up any excess moisture as well

 

[lorapinky]

Thanks everyone!

I will try the tips you have given me.

 

[UKPhil]

For those of you with camcorders (the types which use tapes rather than DVDs), remember that when your lens is clear, it doesn't necessarily mean the tape head is. If the tape head is damp that tape will stick to it, possibly causing damage to the tape or maybe (as happened to me !) damaging the tape head and rendering the camcorder a write off.

These days I normally take the camcorder out of its bag as soon as we go outside (the bag is heavily padded and just keeps it cold) in order to let it warm up, and also try not to use it for the first half-hour or so.

 

[lorapinky]

Eak! I didnt think about the video recorder!

Sorry you had problems with your camcorder

 

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

For those of you with camcorders (the types which use tapes rather than DVDs), remember that when your lens is clear, it doesn't necessarily mean the tape head is. If the tape head is damp that tape will stick to it, possibly causing damage to the tape or maybe (as happened to me !) damaging the tape head and rendering the camcorder a write off.

These days I normally take the camcorder out of its bag as soon as we go outside (the bag is heavily padded and just keeps it cold) in order to let it warm up, and also try not to use it for the first half-hour or so.

Most modern camcorders have a dew point warning and will not let you tape if there is moisture on the heads.
Plus DVD recorders can also suffer from the same problem

 

[TinkTatoo]

............Try keeping a silica gel pack in your camera bag to help soak up any excess moisture as well

We do this and it seems to work