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9 years 9 months ago #391650 by JuliaSmith15
 Hello! I haven't seen any thread on this, so I apologize if there already is... so here it goes.

My Canon's lens keep fogging up. I sometimes go out to take photos after it rains and the sun peaks through again. And in Florida, its humid. Very humid. I understand that taking the camera from the nice and cool inside temp of the house, to outside in the humidity, most likely causes it.... But is there any way to prevent this?

Thanks so much! I appreciate any help!
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9 years 9 months ago #391652 by butterflygirl921
I was just recently in Florida and experienced this same thing.  It was very annoying.  I took out my micro fiber wipe and wiped the lens.  If that didn't work I would go back inside for just a second and walk back outside.  That seemed to do the trick.  I hope this works for you :D
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9 years 9 months ago #391660 by garyrhook

JuliaSmith15 wrote: My Canon's lens keep fogging up. I sometimes go out to take photos after it rains and the sun peaks through again. And in Florida, its humid. Very humid. I understand that taking the camera from the nice and cool inside temp of the house, to outside in the humidity, most likely causes it....


Most likely? No, definitely.

Condensation occurs when warmer moist air contacts a cooler surface. The solution: give your lens an opportunity to acclimate to the outside ambient temperature, then wipe it dry. Really not much else to do unless you want to give up air conditioning.
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9 years 9 months ago #391669 by David Martin
I've had the same issue on holidays, taking the camera from an air conditioned room to the outside. I even tried wrapping it in a towel to keep it warmer but it didn't help much. 
It takes sometimes about 45 minutes to acclimatise.
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9 years 9 months ago #391685 by JeremyS
I'll repeat what everyone else has already mentioned. When your in an air conditioned room and you leave to a high humidity hot environment, your lens will fog up, I personally just left mine for a few minutes and then it was fine. Not much you can do about it I'm afraid. 
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9 years 8 months ago #391976 by Joves
For humid areas you are best storing your lenses in a dry box. Just google it for some DIY projects to build one. You can actually store your camera in it as well. 
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9 years 8 months ago #393528 by JuliaSmith15
Thanks everyone for all your help!! I will take ALL of that into consideration! =D 
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