fungus any washingtonians care to tell if this is an issue in the seattle area

[zwright]

i have read some stuff about fungus on the forums here and i am concerned about my lenses becuse i dont take any precautions against fungus and i dont know where to start any suggestions or info would great

[sparksdjs]

None for me in the 30+ years I've used (D)SLRs while living here. I haven't taken any special precautions, either.

Dave

[Wilt]

In Washington DC, it can be 100% humidity and 85 degrees, at the same time. How bad does the humidity get in Seattle when it gets warm?

[ed rader]

In Washington DC, it can be 100% humidity and 85 degrees, at the same time. How bad does the humidity get in Seattle when it gets warm?

i was in seattle for five days in July 2007. i think it rained three days. humidty isn't a problem there :D.

ed rader

[zwright]

its raining right now.... lol 66% humidity

[Comerfjc]

No problems here, had my camera and lenses here for 4+ years.

[Obtong]

I live in Olympia, WA, and have had no problems with lens fungus, but I purposely do not keep my camera equipment in a basement or a closed closet.

Whenever I come across them, I throw into my camera bag those little pouches of Slica Gel. I don't know if it helps, but I do it anyway.

~Dom

[Wilt]

Whenever I come across them, I throw into my camera bag those little pouches of Slica Gel. I don't know if it helps, but I do it anyway.

~Dom

Silica gel saturates with moisture, and they need to be baked to drive out the moisture from the silica gel. If not put into sealed containers with the equipment (which camera bags are not) the silica gel soon saturates once more and becomes useless until baked dry again.