Is there anything I can do to make my camera humidity proof?

Details: Last year during my vacation in Cancun I opened my camera to replace a roll of film. After I did that I could not take any more pictures because my lense became foggy from the inside. After coming back to home it went back to normal. This year I'll be going back to an area with the same climate but I'll like to be ready in case this happens again. What can I do to address this porblem? Anyone? Anyone?

Thank You

-- Abel (a_saucedo@yahoo.com), July 14, 1999

Answers

What kind of camera is this? Did the glass inside the lens itself fog, or was it just the rear element? Are you using a point & shoot, or a camera with a detachable lens?

If your camera is a point & shoot, I suggest that you change the film in a dry, air-conditioned room. The air conditioning will have removed the moisture from the air, so the lens will not get condensation on it. I don't know of any camera body with enough space to accept even the tiniest of desicant packs.

If your camera has a removeable lens, then just remove the lens and wait for the condensation to evaporate.

If the lens fogged inside the elements, then I think you may very well have a defective lens.

-- Brian C. Miller (brianm@ioconcepts.com), July 14, 1999.

I have only seen this happen when the camera just came out of a cold environment (like an air conditioned car or room) and is opened in a muggy environment. My glasses do the same thing when I come out of the supermarket into the Texas heat and humidity.

-- Ed Buffaloe (edbuffaloe@earthlink.net), July 14, 1999.