Don't take your camera right from the air-conditioned room...

[D L and K's Mom]

right out to the car or park etc. We did this and the camera lens got all foggy and had condensation on it!!! It was horrible. I brought it to the camera store at MGM and they said to keep the camera in the car......(Hide it well). They tried to clean it for us but it took 2 days for it to go away. We had to buy a throw away camera. We had the camera in a nice camera bag but it still got foggy and wet!!The cold to hot is not good for the newer cameras. Anyone else have any hints about this???

 

[hlane]

I'm sorry that happened to you. I don't have any hints but the same thing happened to us with our camcorder our first day of our first Disney trip
I was so glad I at least had my camera that worked fine. We tried everything but could never get the camcorder to work again.

 

[disneynutt1225]

Wouldn't extreme temps damage the camera (i.e. a really hot car)? That's why I never keep my laptop in my car during the summer or warm days.

Not sure if this would work for cameras, but back in the day when I had a beeper - if there was condensation in it, I'd toss it in the fridge and the fridge would dry up the moisture that was in there (it has to be a frost free fridge) this has also worked on cell phones and wristwatches. I defer to the camera experts out there, however, to see if that would really work on a camera.

 

[D L and K's Mom]

anyone have any great ideas about this. I never thought about the heat. WE left the camera in the car in the case and didnt have any other probems....any photo experts!!??????

 

[marc1477]

I had my camera fog up too, but it cleared up quickly. I did however, get an intresting pic or two at CRB with it fogged up. I was coming out of my room and snapped a pic from across the lake and it looked like I was in a fog bank when in reality I wasn't. It was kinda cool.

 

[D L and K's Mom]

Anyone know the proper way to stop this from happening???? I am so curious

 

[MissionMouse]

Transition the camera from two extreme temperature environments slowly. It is the rapid change that causes the extreme reaction since the material composing the camera are still at the other temperature.

Typically, you do not want a camera to get extremely cold or hot. Protect the camera with at least a camera case which can buffer the camera from temperature changes. Even in harsh Winter environments you do not expose your camera to the cold...but keep it in your pocket or under your coat.

 

[seashoreCM]

Try this: While still inside, put the camera or camcorder in a plastic bag that you know does not have holes or tears. Try to suck out as much of the air inside as you can (so the camera warms up to outside temperature faster) and seal the bag shut. I do think you need to keep the camera inthe bag for half an hour at least.

Camcorders and VCR's have (or should have) a "dew sensor" that prevents operation if the interior gets fogged up. Dampness will cause the tape to stick to things inside and jam up.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/disney.htm

 

[D L and K's Mom]

Thank you for the hints!! I will try them next time we are in WDW!!! I hope it is sooner than later!

 

[disneygoof]

I'd love to see the responses you'd get over on the photography board. My camera mysteriously tanked at WDW a couple years ago; it occurred to me much later that condensation might have been the issue.

I hope there is a better solution than leaving the camera in the car (I can't even believe that was the recommendation from a CM). That sounds like a heartbroken return post waiting to happen...

 

[applepwnz]

I believe that in Digital Photography, the professor said that there is some other reason not to go from hot->cold or cold->hot with digital cameras, I can't remember the reason off of the top of my head, but it was something besides for condensation that can lower picture quality with digicams.

 

[D L and K's Mom]

THE PHOTOGRAPHY THREAD!!! I can't believe it!!!!!

 

[disneygoof]

You're not crazy. It's new.

 

[Memaw2Wm]

I had my camera fog up too, but it cleared up quickly. I did however, get an intresting pic or two at CRB with it fogged up. I was coming out of my room and snapped a pic from across the lake and it looked like I was in a fog bank when in reality I wasn't. It was kinda cool.

Same here, but it was getting out of my air-conditioned car into the August heat that fogged my lens up.