That's good to know Paul. So maybe I just was not patient enough to wait for the acclimatization. I will therefore try it at the botanical garden in Zurich, it's less "tropical" than the Masoala hall in the zoo. Greetings Markus
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests I've frequently taken cameras and lenses from a dry air conditioned house into a steamy 95 degree F garden. Yes, the front element fogs up. I just let the camera rest until the fog clears before shooting. Never saw any evidence of lasting damage. Paul On Mar 28, 2007, at 4:11 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> >> From: "Markus Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/03/28 Wed AM 01:11:26 GMT >> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: RE: PESO:A24mm+K10D tests >> >> Hi Bruce >> Thanks, it's a bit your style, not :-) >> >> I was too afraid to go into the tropical rooms inside the >> botanical garden >> because of the high humidity of the air but would have loved to >> take more >> photos of exotic plants and flowers. I once tried in the "Masoala" >> hall in >> the Zurich zoo --> http://www.zoo.ch/index.php?id=967&L=3but but >> my eye >> glasses and lenses where immediately very wet and I didn't want to >> put my >> photo equipment at risk. While the K10D should stand a sudden >> change in >> tropical climate I wonder if there is a good way to protect >> unsealed lenses >> against humitity? >> >> Greetings >> Markus > > Even unsealed lenses would only be affected if you expanded their > volume, pulling the warm, moist air into the cold interior. If the > lens is one that remains dimensionally stable in zoom and focus, > you only have the front element to worry about. > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
