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weastcoat
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Every time I bring my camera inside when I eat lunch on the hill, my lens fogs up crazily. Especially inside. I have to take the lens off and zoom in to let the air get inside. It takes quite a while for the moisture to completely evaporate. If I brought my camera back outside would the moisture clear faster? Would it freeze and damage the lens?
Jan 10 2017 6:07PM
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eheath
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It is happening because you're going from cold to warm very quickly, creating condensation on the glass of your lens. This is basically unavoidable, the fog will go away if you warm up your gear or like you said taking it back outside would help the fog go away too. The best thing to do is make sure you leave your camera/lens out of your bag after skiing so that it completely dries out, but overall this is a pretty normal thing for everyone filming/photoging skiing.
Jan 10 2017 6:14PM
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weastcoat
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eheathIt is happening because you're going from cold to warm very quickly, creating condensation on the glass of your lens. This is basically unavoidable, the fog will go away if you warm up your gear or like you said taking it back outside would help the fog go away too. The best thing to do is make sure you leave your camera/lens out of your bag after skiing so that it completely dries out, but overall this is a pretty normal thing for everyone filming/photoging skiing.

Yeah I knew that it was because it was going from cold to warm but I didn't know if warm or cold would help it clear better. Thanks for the help.
Jan 10 2017 6:26PM
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Zennan
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I don't know about bringing it back outside as I've never done that, but it does help with my glasses lol... What could help though is putting in the silicon gel packs that come in like food bags or items you purchase to keep it dry, it will decrease condensation and allow it to dry up faster as well... because well condensation is water and you don't really want much water on your camera gear normally hahah
Jan 21 2017 7:35PM
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