VERY simple. Does food get moldy if left in the daylight on the
kitchen counter? Room temp down to freezing and HUMIDITY. Humidity
and humidity and humidity and...... Without moisture, spores can not
propagate. Spores are EVERYWHERE.
Dry container, even a cheap plastic 'bucket' or food tray with a snap
top lid PLUS drying agent, i.e. silica gel which is CHEAP in bulk is
the effective and complete answer. I purchase bulk silica gel and place
in a cotton sock with a knot in the end. Easily regenerated. (NO!!!!
I did not use the apropos for me and everyone else, but hate mail
generating K-I-S-S.) Zip lock bags are great and I use them but not
really protection against humidity. Share what I have learned the HARD
way: need not be expensive, just effective and simple.
Bill
On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 08:54 PM, John Wheeler wrote:
I have a thing about lens caps and I'd be interested to see some
comments in
case I've got the wrong slant. A mate of mine who's a keen camera
picker
suggested that as the main promoters of fungus were humidity and
darkness
the best storage method was to keep lenses in a light, airy cupboard
uncapped. Therefore, the only time I use caps (front nose caps
particularly)
is when I've put a few lenses into a bag when going off to take
pictures.
I'm following advices from some of our top OM'ers who don't even use UV
filters.
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