[pure-silver] Re: lenses in the icebox?

You might consider using one of the home vacuum units for film storage.
Should eliminate moisture problem, and extremely useful for food storage,
documents, etc.
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shannon Stoney
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 8:52 PM
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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: lenses in the icebox?

I keep film in the fridge too, and seeds.  You don't want condensation  
on either one. So what I do is put the film in a ziploc bag in the  
fridge. When i take it out, I leave it in the ziploc bag until it has  
come to room temperature. That way, any condensation takes place on the  
outside of the plastic bag or box.  I don't take it out until it has  
"thawed" completely.

it seems as if this approach could work and prevent condensation when  
you remove a lens, if the lens was in a plastic box or bag.

Condensation on the lenses happens sometimes when I take them out of an  
air conditioned house or car and into the hot, humid TX or TN weather.

--shannon


On Jul 30, 2009, at 6:57 PM, Dennis P wrote:

> I would be worried about that for  the reason of condensation being  
> created when you warm the lenses up.  I have ruined a box of sheet  
> film by putting it in the freezer after it was open.   Then later I  
> took it out and took some film out of it and let it sit on the counter  
> long enough to thaw.  I didn't check but it had created condensation  
> on the film in the box and the sheets stuck together when I re froze  
> them.  So I personally would find a desiccant of some type and put  
> that in a closed box with the lenses to keep them dry.
> Dennis
> On Jul 30, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Shannon Stoney wrote:
>
>> Hi, it's been an unusually humid summer here in TN, with almost  
>> nightly rainfalls. It's great to see the little creeks and springs  
>> running again after the long drought, but I'm worried about my  
>> lenses. It's so humid that I'm afraid they will get fungus in them.   
>> Even with the AC running, I can't get the humidity much below 70%.  
>> And it's expensive to run the AC.  It suddenly occurred to me today  
>> that I could put them in plastic boxes in the fridge!  I checked the  
>> humidity in there and it's 45%.
>>
>> Is there anything wrong with this idea?  Nobody will eat them, I  
>> don't think, as I'm the only person here right now.
>>
>> --shannon
>>
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