any dobi provide "dry cleaning" service.

i have maKe my own DIY box with silica gel inside..Now i want to know is it alright to store my whole camera body attached with lens and also its strap into the box?i worried the rubber in the body and strap will degrade!

the silica will filled up before ur rubber is dry up. so its safe.

oh it is..thax for da advise...

Thirsty hippo also good.

This post has been edited by kubing: Dec 17 2010, 10:55 AM

But for safety purpose.. last time I put both thirsty hippo and silica gels together in the box..

Double protection, chances for fungus growth = 0.000001%

wow put 2??i only put silica gel now almost 2mth liow the silica gel still haven change color!

FYI some silica dont change color.

fungus grow only in humid and no air circulation places.

so fungus do not grow if u put ur lens on the table with ceiling fan turned on. problem is, yr lens will be covered with dust. so to put in closed area, less dust, but risking fungus.

if u use ur lens everyday, fungus dont really grow, those people who tell u fungus very tough, the toughest fungus type i know is called mushroom, and they dont grow in lens.

Erm, I read somewhere about keeping lenses and body separated is better, and then assembling only when needed? I also heard that keeping filter on for long time is not good. Advice please.

Wah, izit?
I leave my lens attached all the time to my body.
This is to reduce dust entering the sensor everytime you attach and dettach lenses.

keneshiro: everyone has diff opinion of rubber and glass in drybox. rubber will dry up, and glass will grow fungus if not dry enough. its a very subjective debate. i have friends who do not have drybox, but leave their camera on the table or bed (or dinner table -___-)

filter, unless its aluminum frame filter, yes, it will BIND(or BOND) with the aluminium thread on the lens. some are brass frame so it wont bind with the aluminium threads.

I wonder how did the owners of a camera shop stores their DSLRs?

I just saw them store behind their storeroom. Dont they scare of fungus?

fungus grows if its store over 3-4 months, or the store is really humid. but most store, are dry, and inside shopping center, although its 'cold' in fact its really really 'dry'. people who works in shopping center u notice they have dry skin.

Erm, i dont have a dry box. Just a dslr bag. Can it double as both?

not advisable.... but drybox is not everything la... if u take ur camera out and shoot at least one every week, should be fine.

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the correct thread. I saw the discussion about dry cabinet here, so just try my luck to see if anyone facing the same issue as mine.

I've been using the fully digital dry cabinet for more than a year, it has been ok until yesterday the %RH shot up to 50-51 and remains there. The cabinet was set to 45% since the day I bought it and usually the reading was around 44-45%. I tried power off the unit, and on it back after a few minutes. It reads 60% when I initially turned on, and it drop to 50-51% and remains there again although the setting still in 45%.

I open the box to check the rubber seal to see if there is any leak and I couldn't see if there is any. However when i close the box, it reads 70% which is normal. After awhile the reading drops to 58-59%. The problem is after a few hours, it still reading 58-59% RH.

The drying indicator light doesn't turn off anymore as it unable to reach the desired RH.

Not sure what problem with it. Anyone with similar experience?

Hi Guys, I'm using a D90, recently i found out inside my viewfinder there's a dot of dust. how do i clean it off, just using a blower? if i do that will that bit of dust been runnning off to another part?

u mean inside and behind the outside of the viewfinder? if it just reside outside, just use lenspen and blower

erm... how to said, u can see the dust through viewfinder, but not on live view or it will appear in the picture.

dust particle in viewfinder will not effect the image quality....if the dust particle on ur image sensor or inside/outside the lens, u ll see it thru liveview or image been shot....correct me if im wrong