water vapor in lens?

[lovells19]

sigh i posted in technical forum but no one replied

is this normal?
i took the camera from my room to the backyard where i did some shooting

then after some shoots i realised that my lens are fogged

at first i thought it was outside cos it just rainned..
but when i tried to cleaned it.. its from inside..

any advise?

[Newman]

If you have a dry box/cabinet, try leaving it there for a few days and see if the vapour goes off.

[tweakmax]

Originally Posted by lovells19 sigh i posted in technical forum but no one replied is this normal? i took the camera from my room to the backyard where i did some shooting then after some shoots i realised that my lens are fogged at first i thought it was outside cos it just rainned.. but when i tried to cleaned it.. its from inside.. any advise?

3rd party lenses?

[lovells19]

the vapor goes off after around 20mins after i off the camera..

but is that possible to have vapor condensation within the lens?

sorry i forget the model

its a olympus c5050 not SLR

[lanxx]

Originally Posted by lovells19 the vapor goes off after around 20mins after i off the camera.. but is that possible to have vapor condensation within the lens? sorry i forget the model its a olympus c5050 not SLR

vapour goes off after 20 mins, cos the camera is in use and gets heated up, getting rid of the condensation. SO far my 5050 does not have this problem.

Possible to have condensation, cos lens can grow mouldy inside.
Maybe get it checked at Olympus or use silica gel when storing the camera.

[e_liau]

Originally Posted by lanxx Possible to have condensation, cos lens can grow mouldy inside. Maybe get it checked at Olympus or use silica gel when storing the camera.

Owned a C-5050Z too. Yeah, I do have this problem with my C-5050Z too especially during the night.

Anyway, I don't recommend storing cameras in dry box using silica gels, unless you have a dydrometer to check the humidity. I heard cases where inapropriate dryness caused the lubrication to dry up too.

[lovells19]

hmm think i better bring it down for them to check it out..
under warranty anyway :P
thanks

[Pro Image]

Although putting in a elctrical drying cabinet or a dry box with silical gel is a must in our humid Singapore weather, one should take out and use as well. Why? Well you need to "heat up" the lens. Sorry what I meant by heating up is take it out and use it as putting a lens too long in a drying cabinet may have a chance to cause some fungus growth as well.

I have a set of lens which I bought together at the same time. 20-35mm, 50mm, 85mm and 70-200mm. As I seldom use the 50mm, so I thought it would be ok to leave in the drying cabinet. Never did I thought after sometime (about 7 months) I took out to check and found there was some fungus growth in my lens!

To my surprise, the rest was ok. So I sent the lens to the CWS and they manage to get it clean but at a price............

Well anyway, I brought my drying cabinet to the distributor and they told me my cabinet is working fine. So my only conclusion is when I started using back my 50mm (sometimes I don't even use it, i still take it out) the fungus never came back.

Is that true that inproper dryness will cause the lubrication to dry up???? Wow! Then should we put our camera bodies inside the cabinet?

[e_liau]

Originally Posted by Pro Image Although putting in a elctrical drying cabinet or a dry box with silical gel is a must in our humid Singapore weather, one should take out and use as well. Why? Well you need to "heat up" the lens. Sorry what I meant by heating up is take it out and use it as putting a lens too long in a drying cabinet may have a chance to cause some fungus growth as well. I have a set of lens which I bought together at the same time. 20-35mm, 50mm, 85mm and 70-200mm. As I seldom use the 50mm, so I thought it would be ok to leave in the drying cabinet. Never did I thought after sometime (about 7 months) I took out to check and found there was some fungus growth in my lens! To my surprise, the rest was ok. So I sent the lens to the CWS and they manage to get it clean but at a price............ Well anyway, I brought my drying cabinet to the distributor and they told me my cabinet is working fine. So my only conclusion is when I started using back my 50mm (sometimes I don't even use it, i still take it out) the fungus never came back. Is that true that inproper dryness will cause the lubrication to dry up???? Wow! Then should we put our camera bodies inside the cabinet?

I agreed with you on taking your lens once awhile to "air" it although not using it.

I put my camera bodies in my dehumidifier as well.

[mervlam]

Originally Posted by e_liau I agreed with you on taking your lens once awhile to "air" it although not using it. I put my camera bodies in my dehumidifier as well.

nono... the real reason is UV light helps to stop fungus growth. so you should "sun" your lenses once in a while. remember also that fungus tend to grow in dark areas, good example may be your dry cabinet

[Tsangstudios]

Hi there is your room air conditioned? If it is, it just condensation very normal. Yes it from within your camera as there is also moisture in your camera. You will have to leave it to warm up to room temerature before the condesation stops.

[e_liau]

Originally Posted by mervlam nono... the real reason is UV light helps to stop fungus growth. so you should "sun" your lenses once in a while. remember also that fungus tend to grow in dark areas, good example may be your dry cabinet

Huh? "Sun" means using it once a while, bring it out for some photo shoot etc. Don't "suntan" the lenses by putting it under direct sunlight because the rubber parts may degrade immaturely.

[lovells19]

i talked to one of the salesman at cp,
what he diagnose is that it is normal if you bring you camera out into the rain or just after the rain. water condensation might happen.

most importantly is that the vapor goes away after a while, if it persist then bring it down to the dealer.