Storing lenses

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[Attila]

In my experience better to keep them in dry cabinet than in room with air if humidity is high.
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Carl Zeiss: Sonnar 2.8/135,2.8/180mm,Tessar 4/135mm
Nikon:2.8/20mm, 2.8/28mm,1.4/35mm,1.4/50mm,2/50mm,1.8/85mm,2/85mm,2.8/135mm
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Helios: Helios-40 1.5/8,5cm,Helios-44-1 2/58mm,Helios-44-2 2/58mm
Olympus OM: 3.5/18mm,3.5/21mm,3.5/55mm macro,2/90mm macro,35-70mm
Meyer: 4.5/35mm Primagon,Primoplan 1.9/58mm,1.9/75mm,2.8/100mm,Orestegor 2.8/135mm,4.5/40 Helioplan
Leica: 4/100 Macro
Konica:21mm f4, 28mm f3.5,35mm f2.8,50mm f1.4,57mm f1.2,85mm f1.8,100mm f2.8,135mm f3.5,135mm f3.2,200mm f3.5,4/300mm,40cm f4.5
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[zewrak]

Have not read the whole thread, but has anyone tried the Humibox? They are quite cheap, the smaller ones atleast.

http://www.shutterbug.com/news/060308humibox/

http://flickr.com/photos/ruel_photo/2252319863/
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[Attila]

[spiralcity]

Here's the shelf in my study, I also have two cabinet with gear.
It's a bit of a mess and really not the best way to store gear.

[Big Dawg]

As a use to be gun collector the solution to the humidity problem is here.....

http://www.goldenroddehumidifiers.com/

I'm building ...or may buy a safe very similar to a gun safe for my cameras and lenses...fire resistant and with a UV light inside it is as good as the sun without the dust problem. The golden rod stick will keep the humidity down.

Dawg
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[Farside]

I'm making something similar - a bookcase with glass doors and two 4' fluorescent lights mounted vertically inside, with a tubular heater like the Goldenrod at bottom, but also using a small Peltier dehumidifier in the cabinet, coming on for a few hours per day.
A heater on its own will have a significant effect, but in itself it's not really a very good dehumidifier.
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[Orio]

I was very worried when I came living here last December. One year ago I measured the humidity in the ground floor and it was 78% in a day when in my previous apartment it was about 50%.
Now, after the restoration works, I don't even have to use the boxes to store the lenses. I have an average humidity of about 42%, which can go to 45% or at the very worst near 50% when it rains outside. During good weather, it is lower than 40% (two days ago it was 38%) so I might actually start to worry about lack of humidity!

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[koji]

I store the lenses in cabinets with glass doors, do nothing else.
Where I live is fairly dry place even though it is close to the lake Ontario,
but the apartment is air-conditioned whole year round and humidity is
always between 30% (winter) to 50% (summer). For humans it is a bit
low side, but the photographic lenses it seems an ideal condition.

I do not even open door for a week or so, although doors are not air tight.
So some dust is accumulated eventually, but not much. We use 3M's
air filter for our heat-pump, changing every 4 months. Its grade is 1,700,
ie. it stops larger size bacteria accoring to their description.
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[siriusdogstar]

For lens storage I use a system of 3 Pelican Cases each with renewable dehumidifiers and min-max temp-humidity gauges. Temperature varies, but humidity is always 20-25% in cases 1 and 2.

case 1. lenses and equipment used infrequently.

case 2. lenses and equipment I shoot with more or less regularly.

equipment moving from cold to warm environment gets sealed in plastic bag first, to prevent condensation while it warms to room temperature

case 3. used as a "dryer"; lenses fresh from the field go in here to dry before moving to case #2.


here's some of what i know about fungi:

fungi are everywhere. infection is universal. fungi can be murdered, however new fungi grows particularly well on the corpses; clean it off! growth is easily prevented by keeping humidity low. air flow prevents fungi growth only if the air drys out the fungus; the air must be lower in humidity than the fungus; increasing air flow also increases the amount of fungi.
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[Attila]

Welcome Sirius!
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Folder cameras: Konishiroku Pearl, Bessa RF Heliar,Bessa I Color-Skopar,Ercona II Tessar,Franka III Schneider-Kreuznach Radionar
[color=black][b]35mm rangefinderKonica III,Bessa L,Yashica Electro GN,Canonette QL 17
35mm SLRKonica FM,Konica FP,Konica FT-1,Konica FC-1,Konica TC4,Nikon FA,Exakta VarexIIa,Fujica ST801
Carl Zeiss Jena:Flektogon 2.8/20mm,4/25mm,2.4/35,2.8/65mm,4.5/4cm Tessar, 8/500mm Fernobjektiv
Pancolar 1.4/55mm,1.8/50mm,1.8/80mm,Tessar 2.8/50mm,Biotar 2/58mm,1.5/75mm,1.5/7,5cm
Carl Zeiss: Sonnar 2.8/135,2.8/180mm,Tessar 4/135mm
Nikon:2.8/20mm, 2.8/28mm,1.4/35mm,1.4/50mm,2/50mm,1.8/85mm,2/85mm,2.8/135mm
Pentax: Pentax 1.2/50mm,1.8/85mm,4/200mm
Helios: Helios-40 1.5/8,5cm,Helios-44-1 2/58mm,Helios-44-2 2/58mm
Olympus OM: 3.5/18mm,3.5/21mm,3.5/55mm macro,2/90mm macro,35-70mm
Meyer: 4.5/35mm Primagon,Primoplan 1.9/58mm,1.9/75mm,2.8/100mm,Orestegor 2.8/135mm,4.5/40 Helioplan
Leica: 4/100 Macro
Konica:21mm f4, 28mm f3.5,35mm f2.8,50mm f1.4,57mm f1.2,85mm f1.8,100mm f2.8,135mm f3.5,135mm f3.2,200mm f3.5,4/300mm,40cm f4.5
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