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Time for Moisture Dissipation BIG WHITES

Started Jul 2, 2017 | Discussions thread
Andy Blanchard Senior Member • Posts: 1,349
Re: Leave your gear in the bathroom
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John_Hoffman wrote:

Since you are in an air conditioned (low humidity) environment indoors put your gear in a backpack and zip it up. The humidity in the outside air can't touch your gear. Wait about 15 minutes for gear to warm up.

Pretty much this when going between any two environments with a big humidity change in either direction.  If it's particuarly extreme - e.g. the tropics as mentioned by the OP - then as an extra step you might want to partially unzip the bag (just 15cm / 6" or so) mid-way though the process to allow a little air flow to speed up the acclimatization before opening it the rest of the way.

If you jump the gun, don't sweat it - just wipe of the worst of the moisture with a lens cloth or something suitably absorbant then wait for the rest to evaporate off on it's own.  If you're seeing any condensation on a lenses' front element then don't remove a lens from a body as that will potentially cause condensation to form inside the mirror box, which is somewhat harder to dry off!

Andy

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