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hey guys, with all this cold weather and me spending alot of the time out in the snow, with my camera im finding that when i come home the camera if getting alot of, condensation on it, and i don't want this to damage my camera. do you know any ways of reducing this?
 
Leave it in your bag and allow it to come up to temperature slowly for an hour or so. remove your memory card before you put the camera back in the bag if you want to access the images quicker.
 
Nothing you can do that is any practical use. If the camera gets cold outside then the dampness in the air in a warm room will condense on the cold surfaces.

You could wipe the condensation from the camera body and lens, but it will evaporate as the camera warms up.

You could use a heated jacket around the camera and lens to stop it getting cold outside, but that would be a bit of pain and could set up convection currents which could distort the image.

Unless you are working in some very cold conditions where the operation of the camera would be affected by the temperature than keeping the camera warm is not worth it IMO.

Dave
 
Its a good idea to keep a couple of silica gel packs in your camera bag too. They will clear any condensation which does manage to accumulate.
 
Eos magazine suggests putting it an air tight container outside the let it come up to temperature slowly with silica gel in the container, maybe as said in the normal carry bag and in a less than hot room, e.g. cool toilet etc. Basically anything that reduces the shock from one very low temp to a very high (comparitivel) one.
 
Basically as said above, it's not the cold but the warm moist air in your house that's causing the condensation. Damp shoes/clothes, cooking is the worse culprit, so try to keep the kitchen door closed and a window open. It'll help all that condensation on the windows too.

I leave my camera in my bag, I have a silica bag in a pocket that gets swapped every week or so.
 
Byker28i said:
Basically as said above, it's not the cold but the warm moist air in your house that's causing the condensation. Damp shoes/clothes, cooking is the worse culprit, so try to keep the kitchen door closed and a window open. It'll help all that condensation on the windows too.

I leave my camera in my bag, I have a silica bag in a pocket that gets swapped every week or so.
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thanks but for me its more when i have been out in the cold snow and then come back home but it all does that same way so thanks
 
I always found the best way is to put it in a sealed plastic bag with a couple of silica packs before you come into the house, and then leave it on the floor in the coolest room in the house to acclimatise. As warm air rises it pulls the cool air in at the bottom, so it actually warms up to room temp slightly faster.
 
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