[DigiCam] Re: I'm ready to try again...Tropical camcorderstories?

[ShirleyK]

You can get the finer-grained stuff at craft shops. People use it to 
dry flowers. However, I got a large container (like a gallon or so) of 
much larger pieces. It was in the pet section and is added to cat 
litter to absorb liquids. I don't know how readily available this is, 
but you could put something like this in a cloth bag (or several small 
bags). I might still want to keep the camera in another cloth bag as 
well when it's in the case.

On the other hand, if you're in the tropics continuously, you have the 
problem of drying the stuff out when it's absorbed its fill of water. 
That probably means turning on the oven.  So I don't know how practical 
this is. You'd have to do this every couple days I think.

Shirley


On Aug 5, 2004, at 3:39 PM, Jill Whenmouth wrote:

> You know there are dehumicants (i think that's the word?)  available,
> typically used in humid damp cupboards to keep them dry (that's how I 
> know
> about them).  Some come in bags.  I wonder if you could get a small 
> bag of
> this stuff to add to the bag holding the camera.  Since the bag of
> demuicants that i know  usually have a granular contents in a wide 
> mesh bag,
> you likely would have to either put that bag in a narrower mesh or put 
> the
> camera in a soft cloth bag so that the granular stuff didn't get into 
> the
> camera.  Perhaps there are other more solid dehumicants.  (I think i 
> can
> remember elongated pill shape things that come in some items that I 
> have
> bought which I always figured was to keep out humidity.  What is it 
> they put
> in pill jars? are they dehumicants?
>
> anyways... just a thought.
>
> Jill
>
>> From: Jim Reamer <jna1322 at mac.com>
>> While the ziplock bag
>> didn't help with condensation,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Aug 5, 2004, at 3:08 PM, Mark Baumwell wrote:
>>>
>>> Obviously, camcorders have doors to insert tapes, as
>>> well as other places moisture can get it, but I'm
>>> hoping people on the list have had some positive (or
>>> negative) experiences with cameras in the tropics.
>
>
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