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Lenses are not sealed to air Philip and the open shelf/air circulation has been found over many years to be the best solution. The worst is enclosed bags and boxes, or even inside cabinets and drawers. In the last two cases a large amount of chemicals can be given off by furniture and this too can damage cameras and lenses.

Humidity is indeed important and centrally heated houses are perfect. The relative humidity can be quite low. RH is 44% here at the moment.

Comment by johnriley posted on CAMERA & LENS STORAGE at 05/06/2013 - 16:15

Lenses and cameras not actually in use are kept on open shelves. Plenty of air circulation and freedom from damp are the key things.

Comment by johnriley posted on CAMERA & LENS STORAGE at 04/06/2013 - 23:58

Or reviewers should take the job seriously. All we can ask is they do their best.

By the same logic of course we take nobody's views any priority because we might not trust anyone. The world isn't quite that bleak yet.

Comment by johnriley posted on DPR review of II and IIs at 04/06/2013 - 20:43

The trouble with the comment is that people will take it on board and it will put them off. What use is a weatherproof camera if the battery door pops open...So there is a big responsibility to gets things as right as possible.

Comment by johnriley posted on DPR review of II and IIs at 04/06/2013 - 17:44

No problem. I'd see the answer as ditching auto bracketing and looking instead at replacing the tripod. Perhaps a second hand tripod from eBay?

Comment by johnriley posted on K5 - Exposure bracketing with contant aperture...again at 04/06/2013 - 13:22

I'd suggest ditch the flimsy tripod and use a wall or other support instead. There's auto bracketing in the camera as well, that might help.

Don't forget also that using the 2 second delay flips up the mirror before exposure, so that reduces any chance of shake. Any tripod vibration might have also died down by using this method.

Photomatix will auto align images if asked to, so any slight variation can be covered in software.

Comment by johnriley posted on K5 - Exposure bracketing with contant aperture...again at 04/06/2013 - 12:21

Av you set the aperture and the camera varies the shutter speed when you use exposure compensation. That does the trick and it's what I use. Quick and effective.

In manual set the aperture and find the shutter speed that gives normal exposure. Then just change the shutter speed manually to give a spread of shots.

I do seven shots from -3 to +3 stops exposure, in 1 stop steps.

Comment by johnriley posted on K5 - Exposure bracketing with contant aperture...again at 04/06/2013 - 11:25

The RAW button gives me the option to shoot a frame in RAW should I want to.

Comment by johnriley posted on Raw Fx Button Set To.... at 04/06/2013 - 10:24

I'm a bit baffled as to how either the card door or battery door could open at random. It seems highly improbable.

If it did, I think this forum would have noticed by now.

Comment by johnriley posted on DPR review of II and IIs at 04/06/2013 - 10:18

And a warm version, applying an 85 filter:

Comment by johnriley posted on Another Landscape for critique at 04/06/2013 - 10:01

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