Boris, Don't obcess about this, just take some 'Baggies' with you and bag the camera upon entering warm, humid places from the cold.
'Baggies' are a product name here in the US for sandwich bags. They are thin plastic film and come in various sizes. They started in the sandwich bag size to hold 2 slices of bread and sliced meat. They progressed to larger sizes to store leftover food in the refrigerator. Take 4-5 of these thin film bags that are big enough to store the whole K10D. Pop the camera into the bag in warm/wet places and use a rubberband to seal the top. You can hold the camera to hurry the heating up process or just let it sit to reach room temperatures. Take some of the small baggies along for your spare lens. A lens in a baggie in your pocket stays warm and doesn't pickup any pocket dust. You can wipe condensation off the camera body and front of the lens - easy to do. You say 'awe shit' when you look thru the viewfinder and see it on the mirror and back of the lens. You can wipe these off too, but this is less desirable. You hope to never see it on internal elements of your lens as this takes time to clear. >From a scientific basis, most buildings have trouble maintaining a high level of humidity in minus 25 degree C temperatures. The inside of the windows and sometimes even the walls sweat...becoming covered with moisture. The inside air is cleared of water vapor as it is precipatated onto the cold exterior walls/windows. This can make the windows frosty and indoor environment very dry and desert like in winter. Overall, count on the K10D'sweather sealing to help you thru this... Regards, Bob S. On Nov 16, 2007 11:53 PM, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Suppose I hadn't got lucky and condensation did occur. > > 1. What to do in case of just external condensation? Wipe it off and go on? > > 2. What is internal elements of the lens suffer from condensation? > > 3. What about the sensor and the camera internals? > > I will probably take with me a small hair-blower (right word?) just in > case, but still any advise will be appreciated. > > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
