I spent 3 weeks in Costa Rica in the rainy season, including lots of
days in cloud forest and costal rain forest, without any ill effects on
the camera gear. I took lots of silica gel packets pre-dried and sealed
in double zip-lock bags. I kept a packet in a separate zip-lock with
each body and lens whenever not using them and changed the gel packets
frequently when equipment was used. I think that the inside of those
plastic bags was the only place close to dry up in Rara Avis. Even fresh
sheets were damp, and clothes never really dried. I saw a Nik*n
electronic camera sort of self destruct, all the motors whirring out of
control out in the rain forest. I guess it got wet enough inside to
short out. Amazing place.
Moose
Roger Wesson wrote:
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I think it would be the rainy season down there right now, wouldn't
it? If it's anything like Central America in the rainy season the
humidity will be fearsome, but having spent nearly seven weeks in
rainy season conditions a couple of years ago I heartily recommend
silica gel packets - lots of them! My lenses have thus far survived a
fair amount of extreme humidity without a trace of ill-effect - I
always pack them with a sachet of silica gel each.
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