Whoa.... new toy wor g88. Congrats. heard the new 400D is a good camera. Put it next to your bed and sleep with it tonight lor. Better buy a decent storage box with silica gel to store your equipment for the time being. The whole setup should cost you no more than RM60~RM70. Something to store your new toy in relatively better shape when you are not using it mah... Nanti grow fungus...

But, like they all said, the best is still to shoot more often with the camera.

Sham.

Hi y'all! New 400D owner here. Finally graduated from my A70 last week.

Lots of interesting tips here!


That's what I've been doing these past few nights

Chucky, make sure you are not the type that likes to kick around when you sleep hor.

Sham.

heahehe after kick down the bed ...............

anywya how do u all reheat the silica gel? i read they say dun use those plastic microwavable container as these gels will become very hot

Eh... I thought its just put it on a plate with the container..put on low heat and let it burn for 5 mins.... have not done b4...

just experimented today : put in transparent name card box n put in my car when i go to work + lunch , car parked under 11am-2pm hot sun, everything turn blue/purple when i m back...

no oven.... thanks to malaysia all-time summer...

Cannot la..since i turn on aircond sleep...later scare moisture grow inside after aircond off (cold > warm > cold...)

Ehh..where to get silica gel in KL ?? how much ?? I think i got a unuse SLR back...but now only got kitlens..pun inside macam lain aje since both site empty...the silica gel put side (those extra lens area) or put at the bottom of the camera ?? i mean same slot....??

Newbies need alot teaching la

I heat them using microwave... but in a shallow, large ceramic bowl.
Use low heat otherwise the silica beads can melt and shatter.

I just spread the silica gel beads on a shallow ceramic plate and dump it into the microwave at low heat for 5 minutes. Let it cool down for a while and then put it back into my cilica gel container and back into the camera box.

g88, you mean you have an unused SLR bag? SLR bags are made of porous material and they are not air tight so moisture will easily seep in. Try to get an air tight plastic container and put your beloved camera + lenses in there, together with the silica gel.

Sham.

sham,
where to buy silical gel in KL and how much does it cost ? air tight container can be tupperware right ??

Errr..so the unused SLR bag stil can be use when i outdoor carry the camera ??

Camera with sleeping with my cloths now

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Added on March 18, 2007, 11:32 pmEhhh...Silica gel can be Hipopo ??

This post has been edited by g88: Mar 18 2007, 11:32 PM

yewk, u put in namecard box?? with the box open or close ah?? sounds like a good idea i think i wanna put it there too

Silica gel are those round beads that turn colour from blue to pink, or from colourless to pink when saturated with water. But will stay solid throughout use.

Thirsty Hippo uses some kind of Calcium salt that liquefies away and cannot be reused.

So cannot use Hippo ??

cna use hipopo, but after a while it will collect water and becareful not to spill it ..or else bye bye camera

whalau.... better don't use hippo lah like that. nanti banjir hor... you will then get water camera! don't play play....

sham.

I only use Thirsty Hippo to keep my camera bags dry when inside the big plastic box I keep them in. Never near my camera and lenses for the reasons cited above by the above posters. Accidental spills will spell the death of your electronic stuff. Worst of all, it's salty water. Even if it dries, the salt will severely corrode metal.

ya wor... calcium salt is a conduit. kalau seep into the camera and we donno, simply go and turn on the camera -> camera go up in smoke and then can start digging a hole in the ground to bury your beloved camera oledi R.I.P. Then it is time to buy A NEW DSLR.... hahaha.... so go and put thirsty hippo next to your camera. it will literally "suck you dry - financially".

p/s: actually no lah. i think if you can practise reasonable care (& common sense) then it should be alright. The above is just an over-exaggeration.

sham.

how about those small package inside crackers, food ?? Can it be use ?? It state in japanese something like charcoal powder .....

when i have those ( from new bag , junk food , supplement ), i just throw into pockets of my camera bag, since it is safe for food, i think is quite safe for camera...

hmm... i think those are non renewable type of anti-hydrant. but some of these are actually anti-oxidant (which removes oxygen) and not anti-hydrant (removes moisture). read the labels. in any case, i'm not sure if these can be regenerated or not after it was used up (probably its capacity is just sufficient for its original usage - crackers, keropok etc and not much else).

sham.