MacM545
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Looks like there's humidity inside of the camera lens and it's not going away.
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PortableLover
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What did you do to try to make it go away? I would put it inside uncooked rice for at least a week. My friend dropped her camera into the ocean in Jamaica for few seconds and that trick brought the camera back - but it took almost a week.
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Uncle Mick
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I can endorse the rice solution, my daughter has successfully used this trick after dropping her mobile phone into the lavatory - several times. Beware of rice dust getting into moving parts, though, any starch could well jam up solid if it gets humid again.
Regards, and good luck,
Mick
Regards, and good luck,
Mick
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Is it a bridge camera or a removable lens camera?
I have had good results with this method:
My electric oven has a "bread raising setting" - 40C, no fan.
I turned it on, let it run for 30 mins, to get to the 40C - turned it off.
Then put the lens on a metal tray int eh oven, door closed, left it overnight.
Repeat the next day - warm up own, turn off, lens in, leave overnight.
Three lots of that and the moisture was gone - and ZERO damage to the lens. $0C and less is not enough to to anything to the lens or plastics or glass and the slow cool down means no more moisture appears (compared to a sudden drop if you remove it to a cold room).
If your oven does not have the bread setting - set it to it's lowest, put a metal plate in, wait about 10 mins... if you can touch the plate without pain (just a "little too hot") then it;s ready for the lens.
This IS dangerous if you get it wrong.... be warned of that.
But - if you do it right, it WORKS.
hotdog321
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Depends on what you did. I've successfully placed a badly fogged lens on a warm spot like a radiator or amplifier or in direct sunlight so the moisture "cooks" out of the lens. Sometimes it takes 2-3 days on a badly fogged lens, but if it doesn't go away in a week or leaves residue, consider getting it professionally cleaned.
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Somehow folk here believe in the magic of rice.
I wonder how many have put their washing to dry inside a box filled with rice...
(BTW, yes rice ans silica work with moisture over a long period of time but it is best if you dry your camera gear fast)
I wonder how many have put their washing to dry inside a box filled with rice...
(BTW, yes rice ans silica work with moisture over a long period of time but it is best if you dry your camera gear fast)
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griddi
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I kinda think thats horrible advice. The modern lens is also an electronic device, and you dont want the water or moisture moving any more than where its already travelled.
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griddi
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Yes, and because of this I would use a hairdryer GENTLE, still better as advised here to use a Fan......although I believe the very best would be to put the camera in a bowl filled with rice, which is also the advice from experts ........
Griddi.......
Gato Amarillo
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Is it a removable lens?
Rice and/or very low heat plus time will sometimes do the trick. It's best if you can do the lens alone -- unless you suspect there is also moisture in the camera. You need to protect the gear from rice dust without locking in moisture -- I would wrap it in paper towels.
I don't know how moisture got into your lens, but moving cool or cold equipment into a warm humid air is a recipe for condensation. You need to be careful coming inside after shooting outdoors in the cold, or in going from air conditioned indoors out to a hot humid summer day.
Gato
Rice and/or very low heat plus time will sometimes do the trick. It's best if you can do the lens alone -- unless you suspect there is also moisture in the camera. You need to protect the gear from rice dust without locking in moisture -- I would wrap it in paper towels.
I don't know how moisture got into your lens, but moving cool or cold equipment into a warm humid air is a recipe for condensation. You need to be careful coming inside after shooting outdoors in the cold, or in going from air conditioned indoors out to a hot humid summer day.
Gato
Most fans and or hair dryers (on cool fan not heat) don't produce moisture, to the contrary they dry most air...
( the one that produce moisture are called humidifiers)
Now , just for fun, get a piece of cloth wet.
Put it in a bowl full of rice.
Get a similar cloth wet and point a fan to it.
Let me know which one dries first and by how much.
( the one that produce moisture are called humidifiers)
Now , just for fun, get a piece of cloth wet.
Put it in a bowl full of rice.
Get a similar cloth wet and point a fan to it.
Let me know which one dries first and by how much.
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