Mamiya 7 80mm Lens: Drying Out Moisture with Desiccant
Originally posted on Instagram. Notes from the repair bench, kept here as a searchable archive. View the original on Instagram
This post is about desiccant. Please use it around storage of your cameras.
This lens (Mamiya 7 80mm lens) had some moisture on the elements so it has been taken apart and put into my drying cabinet with plates of desiccant to lower the humidity. The desiccant was put into the cabinet at 3:45PM and as you can see in the graph in the second photo, humidity immediately began to drop from 24% (I am located in a dry area) to eventually settle down at around 11%. Over the weekend, the lens will be removed and reassembled.
If you live in a humid area, storing your camera equipment with desiccant can prevent some unhappy experiences with fungus.
