can smoke damage a lens?

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strange question I know.

by smoke, I mean from a fire.

i have been asked to go down with my fire crews to a live fire exercise weekend and get some action shots. Not sure how close I will end up getting, but either way I will probably get a waft of smoke at some point.

Can the smoke get inside the lens and cause any damage, or is there nothing to worry about.

the kit I have is:

50D
10-22mm
17-55 2.8 USM
70-300 4-5.6 IS USM
and possibly 100mm 2.8 at the time.

thanks
 
Graham_P_Clarke said:
Nor would I. I have my kit to use not to pamper, not saying that I abuse it.
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It was mainly insurance purposes as its for my employer, but the insurance is still my insurance....not sure if to try to get them to cover me.
 
Robbo said:
It was mainly insurance purposes as its for my employer, but the insurance is still my insurance....not sure if to try to get them to cover me.
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tell him he covers your kit. or he can pay to get a pro in and pay through the nose for it
im sure you are more than capable of doing the job , but if he is saving money by getting you to do it for nothing, then i think its only fair he covers you if anything goes wrong .
 
marky.b said:
tell him he covers your kit. or he can pay to get a pro in and pay through the nose for it
im sure you are more than capable of doing the job , but if he is saving money by getting you to do it for nothing, then i think its only fair he covers you if anything goes wrong .
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that's how I see it...... Im not back on shift for another week and the picture related role just kicked off as I left for leave. So I haven't been able to have a meeting with him to discuss any details yet.

I will be able to explain things in more detail in person etc rather than babbling on in my jiberish web talk to him lol
 
Well some lenses are more "sealed" than others. Given that the 17-55 already has a reputation for getting dust inside the front element, I'm not sure I'd want to be using it in a smokey environment tbh.
 
2p

dont some zooms "pump" air in/out ??

smoke is air carried soot particles etc NO WAY I would use a zoom
 
Yardbent said:
2p

dont some zooms "pump" air in/out ??

smoke is air carried soot particles etc NO WAY I would use a zoom
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+1 - feeling the draft come out of the eyepiece on a my zoom I'd be avoiding anything that sucked air in and out.
 
I wouldn't be using that 10-22 to get the fire as the foreground shot....

Should be fine if you stay upwind and far enough away for safety.
 
yea I wont be using the 10-22 lol :-)

Thanks for advice, it might be hard to get some distance as its a fire training school so there is more scenarios going on all over, so I will have to stay within a certain limit of my team. But yea, now thinking the 70-300 will be the best bet!
 
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