Prevent Fogging In Your Water Housing
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- There are two main reasons why you would get fogging on the inside of your camera's water housing. If it does happen to you at any stage all of you photos will be un-usable. So it is important to avoid this happening and also know when and why it might happen to you in the future. Lets solve the fogging issues together and get clear photos forever. Please comment below with any questions or suggestions and please share and like to help my photography channel out.. cheers Legends Tom
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Interesting. I’m surprised that nobody has built a tiny contraption which would remove humidity or maintain temperature consistently in the housing
Living in North Florida we have to deal with cold, hot, and extreme humidity. I buy large silicone packs off Amazon and pack the housing the night before , also I have started to put the rig in a yeti cooler while driving to the beach to avoid the rig getting cold from the vehicles A/C .
Also noticed that shooting video will cause heat and fogging, I have found a good balance switching from stills to video without fogging.
thanks so much for these insights Aidan, sounds like you are on to it!! the silicone packs seem to be helpful for a lot of crew. Video definitely increases the heat, so having power saving modes turned on will help also... Im sure many will get some value from your tips, cheers
This has been a life saver bro 🤙🏾thanks for sharing it
Epic!!! thanks so much for letting me know, stoked it had some value for you!
This has been the video I’ve been waiting for! I’m also in Sri Lanka right now and my housing will fog up within an hour of every session. It might be down to a single drop of water I’ve not seen but I also think it’s because I shoot in the morning so when I set my camera up, it’s relatively cool, then as the sun rises, the air and the sea heats up and then fogging. Still trying to figure out how to reduce this but maybe I can’t since I’m mainly shooting during sunrise.
Thanks for your vids man, they’re always an amazing insight for tips and advice 🤙🏼
Thanks so much for your feedback!! I would read Tony's comment in this thread to see what he does in Costa Rica.... I reckon it would be a great technique in Sri Lanka too!... appreciate your input
great video Tom! Super practical advice. I often put the little silica gel packs you get from shoeboxes at the top of my housing. They seem to help.
Yes great tip mate.... basically if it helps remove the moisture its going to help with the fogging issues... a combination of what is in the video and the other greats comments in this thread should help a lot for the crew that are in these types of environments
As I shoot mostly in the warm tropical climate of Costa Rica this is a common concern. I reside at a slight elevation where my gear is stored (no a/c) at a overnight temp of 24 Celsius. The mornings are more of a issue with water temps in the low 30's. Even with that slight difference fog can develop as the session wears on. Maybe the heat by the camera impacts this over time as well? My go to method is when setting up the camera at home prior to a in water session I pre heat the camera body/ lens and inside house with a hair dryer (low heat setting). Once installed/ connected and prior to closing the back plate I flush out the air with the dryer. Works for me. Pura Vida!
Thanks Tony.. these are golden insights!! appreciate you sharing them very much. Yes a combination of matching the temperatures with the hair dryer but also taking out the humidity with the dry air from the hair dryer is probably why it is so effective for you, great tips!!
A hair dryer is such a great idea!! I’ll make sure to give that a go tomorrow and get back to you with my results! Thanks for sharing
would love to know how it works for you@@RuaridhKidd
i like to put som feminine pads inside my water housing. it helped me a lot.
Yes I have heard this method, anything to take the moisture or humidity out of the housing will definitely help... have a read of some of the other comments on this thread, there are some great ideas coming through
I live in Florida and was trying to get some shallow water diving footage with my gdome housing and my red Komodo, but was having terrible fogging problems after about 10 mins of shooting. I tried everything I could think of to fix it, but eventually just using a different camera was what I had to do. The Komodo just gets way too hot for that housing. I’m curious if the salty or gates housings ever have fogging issues with that camera. Seems impossible to keep cool when it’s packed into a small area.
Yeah right, interesting to here your experience... that must be frustrating!! I haven't used that camera so I don't have first hand knowledge with that, but basically the temperature change is causing moisture, so as suggested elsewhere in this thread maybe consider the silica gels or tampons to try negate the moisture build up... hopefully someone on here has had success using a similar setup to yours?
Gonna have to give this a go on my next tropical trip! 🤙
Yeah thanks. I've tried all that, nothing made a difference. The camera just gets too hot. @@dreamlifephotography
That really sucks mate.. Not sure if that camera has firmware updates, but I know my Canon R5 had an update that helped the heating problem significantly. so that might be worth looking up? @@raildude270