If you live in an air conditioned house and run it when it is humid
outside, you don't have to worry. It will be about 75F (22C) and 50%
RH all the time. I think that is why I have never had a problem in
almost 30 years of Zuiko ownership.
--- RickM <zuiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was doing very little photography in those days (no
> film/processing
> available => every shot you took had to be a "keeper"), the 28/2
> got out of
> its case maybe once a year, otherwise it lived in its case... no
> fungus
> problems, not even on the case...
>
> Now with 20+ zuiks sitting around, i'm getting more concerned as to
> whether
> i need to take better care of them, even though i've never had
> problems
> before in more extreme conditions... reading the list, i should
> get a
> humidity/heat controlled cabinet... trying to reconcile that with
> my
> experience...
>
> RickM
>
> > What you have missed is you don't have lenses behind the sun and
> hiding in
> > cabinet for months. It is no fun to put them under the sun
> regularly for
> > killing the fungus. I know very well that the best way to prevent
> fungus
> is
> > to use them more, my work horse OM-4 is never inside my humidity
> chamber
> but
> > my beautiful OM-3 and 16/3.5 always occupy a space there.
> >
> > C.H.Ling
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > So my experience is that this these babies can take care of
> > > themselves very
> > > well, without humidity controlled cabinets, silica gel, etc...
> what am
> i
> > > missing here?
> > >
> > > RickM
>
>
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