camera being around smoke

I was cooking some fajitas tonight and filled the apartment with some smoke. While the smoke was lingering in the air I removed the lens from my camera and placed it in my pelican case. Is there anything to worry about with smoke fetting inside the camera or on the rear element of the lens?

I'm not a technical expert but I think that if you had enough smoke in your place for it to cause a problem with your camera you would have had a visit from the fire department as well. I'm sure it's fine.

The smoke would need some time to settle on it to cause a problem. You always can clean the effected area.

Wouldn't worry in the case you mentioned. There are a lot of pollutants in the air that permeate your camera gear every day Keep shooting!

I have only seen smoke be an issue on equipment that was in a somkey environment over an extended period of time. I am talking about cigar/cigarette smoke in a bar that had some high end audio equipment installed. It caused some cosmetic damage, and also some more serious functional damage. But again even though I am not certain of how long the exposure was, I know the equipment was installed and used for years. Some of the functional damage would never have been discovered if the gear had not been removed and setup in a different location.

I do not think you have anything to concern unless you set the camera on the kitchen counter near the frying pan. Smoke from a frying pan can carry particles of grease with it however the greater the distance from that frying pan the lesser the chance of that happening. Ever wonder how grease gets on the walls and ceiling around a stove that has no overhead ventilation? It's in the smoke, even when you cannot see smoke!

I keep telling myself its probably not a big deal. Just wanted to ask for piece of mind because I didn't even think about it until after I did it. There was tons of smoke in the air...very hazy looking throughout the apartment. Had to open windows and fire alarms went off. Don't know how it got so smokey but the lens was off the camera just long enough to cap the lens and then cap the body so not very long and the camera was about 15 feet away from the source. I was just wondering if it would cause any issues with the sensor the next time I used the camera for anything that may have settled inside to get on the sensor. Thanks for all the feedback!