Cameras and Humidity

[Pedler]

Hi all,

We just got back last week from a great 7 night trip to WDW. Things went great and we got to do a lot. One problem we had was that each morning after a night in air conditioning our digital camera would be cool enough so that when we first took it out outside in the morning we would have instant condensation on the lens. I am not talking about fogging I am talking about water drops. It has an anti fog coating but in this case the temperature differential was enough with the humidity to make the thing unusable outside for the first 20-30 minutes. I had to keep wiping off the lens with lens tissue.

Any ideas on how to avoid that in the future? We are going on a cruise in about 6 weeks and would like to avoid a repeat if possible.

Thanks in advance.

 

[A Mickeyfan]

Did you keep it in a case? I usually keep mine in the case then in my backpack or fannyback. This way when I go outside, it remains the same temp.

 

[DisneyCrazyX5]

We had this poblem on our last trip with our video camera. We were at CRT and could not tape due to the camera saying dew warning. We had no idea what the dew warning was but saw our lens fogging up. We had it in a shoulder bag, but from the hotel, out in the heat and back in A.C. caused us problems we think.
I would love advice too.

 

[Pedler]

Did you keep it in a case? I usually keep mine in the case then in my backpack or fannyback. This way when I go outside, it remains the same temp.

I did keep it in the case. The problem was that because it and the case were in AC all night it was signifigantly cooler than the outside temperature. The only way I could work around it was taking it out right when we went out to the bus stop in the morning and keeping it out as we entered the park. After about 15-20 minutes it would adjust to the outside temperature.

 

[dbenlee]

Something I have done is to take the camera out of its case and put it into a Ziploc type bag and sealed the bag, that way there was no humidity in the bag. Then I would place the bag on a chair on the patio, out of direct sunlight (very important). I let it sit out there for about 20 minutes to bring the temperature of the camera up to outside temperature. I haven't had any problems with moisture on the camera since I started doing this. I don't know if this is the recommended way to do this, but it works for me.

 

[Pedler]

Something I have done is to take the camera out of its case and put it into a Ziploc type bag and sealed the bag, that way there was no humidity in the bag. Then I would place the bag on a chair on the patio, out of direct sunlight (very important). I let it sit out there for about 20 minutes to bring the temperature of the camera up to outside temperature. I haven't had any problems with moisture on the camera since I started doing this. I don't know if this is the recommended way to do this, but it works for me.

Great idea I think I will give that a try.