Holy humidity Batman! That's quite the setup and precaution. I just keep my house dry with AC and the winter is dry so no problems.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 2:13 AM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Igor, here are some of the things I do as a cheaper and cleaner > solution:- > a) Store camera bodies and lenses in air tight Munition Boxes I picked > up for $ 5 each - (6) #s. > These are heavy ex British style steel boxes with a special thick > rubber seal. > b) I stuff large Silica Gel Crystals or 5 mm color changing silica > balls in home made coarse linen bags - 100 grams each. > Drop 2-bags in each steel box. > c) Bought Hygrometers from the Japanese Store DAISO in the Bay Area > San Mateo California - $ 2 each & from Evil Bay > Canada for $ 1.50 each + Free shipping from China. > I put one # in each box. > d) If the Hygrometer reading exceeds (40), the Silica Gel Bags are > replaced with fresh "dry" ones. > The exhausted Silica Gel are regenerated in my Italian Gas Cooker + Oven. > e) I check and calibrate the Hygrometers to ensure they are accurate > within + or - 5%. You can Google the methodology. > f) I ensure my popular and expensive lenses are taken out and used. > Alas lenses like the Macro and a few others hardly ever > see the light of day. So I take them out on sunny days and give > them a thorough look over. > g) All the munition boxes are stored in a GODREJ Steel Almirah. These > keep drier than Wooden or Cement Masonry Almirahs. > These Almirahs are made out of heavy steel sheet - size 8 H x 4 W > x 1.5 D Feet - so the foot print area is pretty small. > > I have not felt the need for dry cabinets. > > Please see photos attached:- https://www.dropbox.com/home/FUNGUS%20AWAY > > Regards. > Bipin > > -- > 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. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
