If you point the camera lens towards the sun to try to kill some of the fungi, but it's off axis a bit, then a shard of concentrated light could fall on the blades. At the equator, it might be strong enough to cause some damage to the mechatronics. In any case, pointing any lens towards the sun for more than a moment is a bad idea all around.
That being said, off-list someone gave the good suggestion of using the hotel desk lamp to warm/dry the camera off a bit each night. I'm going to stick with my dessicants. Karen At 12:44 AM +0000 12/29/01, Malcolm Stewart wrote: >Sun burn a hole in its diaphragm blade? >You can't be serious! > >Focal plane shutter blinds, yes; but not diaphragm blades unless the lens >suffers from such severe and weird distortion that it's not worth using it. > >M Stewart Milton Keynes, UK > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
