Moisture problem

[Seetukka]

Hey all,

I´m in Bali filming surfing and other stuff. Today morning when I went to the beach I noticed that my lens surface was all moisturised. I knew this was due to air conditioning in my room and then bringing the camera out to very humid weather. So I waited for the humid to dry off. After waiting the lens was clean but when I tried to shoot it looked like there were still humid somewhere cause the picture looked like I was filming through a plastic. I tried to see if the lens was still humid but it was clean. Then I noticed that there were humid inside the lens. Or actually I think it was between the sensor and the lens cause it was behind the aperture plates. So I think it was actually outside of the lens but still inside the camera.

Is it possible to humid get there?? How can I prevent this? Is it safe to still use the camera or should I quit filming in these very humid conditions. The thing I notised was that the humid left some small dots to my lens. I can see them when I close the aperture a lot and shoot for example directly to the sun. Because the dots are inside the camera I can´t clean them. I´m also afraid that the humid is on other parts inside my camera too causing some damage there.

The weather is very humid and hot so I´m a little bit afraid that I brake my camera here...

Any suggestions??

 

[DCSensui]

Don't chill down your camera in humid conditions. As you have seen, moisture in the air will form on all exposed surfaces, including surfaces inside the camera if that's where the moist air has reached.

If you must put your camera in an air-conditioned room, keep it in an ice chest. That will help keep the camera warm. You can place a small low-powered light bulb to keep the ice chest's interior warm, perhaps a 30-watt bulb. Or you can load the ice chest with warm, dry rocks. It's the opposite of putting ice in the ice chest.

If you already have moisture in the camera, you can try using a "dessicant" like silica gel or "indicating" Drierite. It starts off blue and turns pink when it gets loaded with moisture. You can reuse Drierite by baking it in an oven. Pack the camera in an air-tight container along with some Drierite, and that will draw out any moisture trapped in the camera. Again, don't let the camera get cold.