On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 08:54:43AM +1100, Geoff Chandler wrote: > I'm off to Bali in January for a couple of weeks. Will the very high > humidity pose a threat to my camera equipment? I have an EOS50E plus > assorted consumer level lenses.
A couple of years back I traveled six weeks in South-East Asia, including two weeks in Borneo, dragging EOS 5 and a couple of lenses into all possible places, beaches, rainforests, etc. (See http://www.iki.fi/tapani/photo/seasia1997/ if you're curious.) I had two small waterproof Cullman bags: one big enough for EOS 5 and one medium-size lens, and another one intended for P&S but big enough to hold a lens without body (my biggest lens then was the 75-300IS, and it fit there as it had been designed for it). They were wonderful: not a drop of water got in even when I managed to drench myself (slipping and falling on my face on knee-deep water in a swamp), nor any sand (which may be even worse than water). I didn't take any other precautions against humidity, no desiccants or the like. During the entire trip my camera gear suffered no ill effects except once when I slipped on a wet rock and fell on top of it (in the bag fortunately): a piece of plastic chipped off the flash (everything still worked, including the flash). Anyway, I wouldn't worry too much. If you're staying in hotels and not camping in the jungle you should be fine, just take a good camera bag, maybe throw in some desiccants and lots of film, and enjoy your trip! -- Tapani Tarvainen * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
