First and foremost. Thank you for a great forum. The most usefull internet ressource i have ever had the pleasure of visiting. Thank you all.
Now for my first little "contribution/question".
One fine morning (windy, with icecrystal forming on the camerabag) i was out filming some scenes, at a beach. After waiting for seagols for 40 minutes with no luck, we went to another location.
Inside, were it was nice and warm.
To my big surprise (and slight touch of panic)....foggy lens. I wear glasses so i should not have been surprised, that going from cold to warm will do that to glas, but nontheless.
So what to do??? if i wipe it, it will fog again, because the camera is so darn cold, (and besides touching the lens is something i want to avoid in general moreso after having been to the beach). My actor suggested to pull out a hairdryer and start heating up the camera... It worked. (the fog was on the outside of the lens, not inside)
So my question is: did i choose the "good" solution, or was i just lucky???
As i might end up in the same situation again sometime soon i would like to ask what else can be done, besides heated cameracases... ( Example: when you're in a run and gun situation you dont always have a hairdryer with you...Is there a quick, good, SAFE way of dealing with this issue?
(sorry if i missed a thread on this somewhere)
Thank you for you time, and thoughts.
ciao
peter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG8O1j8xgrM (you can see the drying here, i'm the one with the hairdryer in case you're wondering)
Now for my first little "contribution/question".
One fine morning (windy, with icecrystal forming on the camerabag) i was out filming some scenes, at a beach. After waiting for seagols for 40 minutes with no luck, we went to another location.
Inside, were it was nice and warm.
To my big surprise (and slight touch of panic)....foggy lens. I wear glasses so i should not have been surprised, that going from cold to warm will do that to glas, but nontheless.
So what to do??? if i wipe it, it will fog again, because the camera is so darn cold, (and besides touching the lens is something i want to avoid in general moreso after having been to the beach). My actor suggested to pull out a hairdryer and start heating up the camera... It worked. (the fog was on the outside of the lens, not inside)
So my question is: did i choose the "good" solution, or was i just lucky???
As i might end up in the same situation again sometime soon i would like to ask what else can be done, besides heated cameracases... ( Example: when you're in a run and gun situation you dont always have a hairdryer with you...Is there a quick, good, SAFE way of dealing with this issue?
(sorry if i missed a thread on this somewhere)
Thank you for you time, and thoughts.
ciao
peter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG8O1j8xgrM (you can see the drying here, i'm the one with the hairdryer in case you're wondering)
