Thought some of you might like this portrait tips info...

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits/

Peter I noticed silica packets in the water shoes in sale box at Blue, I am sure if you asked they would let you have some as I bet they just throw them out after.

Thanks Tacogirl. Now I can't think where Blue is.....

Peter Blue is near the south end of Front Street - not far from and across the street from Ruby's.

Of course!! Never been in there.

All,
this thread has become oriented toward the care and feeding of camera equipment in a tropical environment. That's nothing new, as there was once a family of cameras designed for the tropics. Here's a nice example of a Tropic Camera from back in the day.

Dan


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Indeed, so I've changed the title of the thread. Actually, what is remarkable is how well most gear does cope with this very unfriendly environment. How many people have had compact cameras die because of exposure to the atmosphere (as opposed to being dropped in the sea or buried in sand on the beach). I've never heard of one.

Nice collectors idem, I'm not really as old as this sounds but I've used them.
I also have a lot of experience with a packard shutter.You squeeze the bulb with you thumb over the hole in its tip and the air pressure goes down the line to a piston that raises the shutter open, you then estimate in you mind or count the exposure length, then release your thumb holding the pressure and the piston drops shut.
I poured the emulsion on a spinning glass plate the centrifugal force of the spinning plate spreads the emulsion evenly then baked it dry under UV light.
This experience and a lot like it make me appreciate digital.

F-stops where a machined hole in a brass shim in a box of different sizes , you chose your stop and slip the shim in between the elements of the lens.

elbert,
you're talking about waterhouse stops, which predate the adjustable aperture by a long time. I shoot landscapes with a woody[1], an 8x10 view camera by Gundlach Korona. Maintaining the camera requires wood polish and mink oil. One of my prize possessions is the 250mm wide angle lens on the camera, the legendary 10" Wide Field Ektar by Eastman Kodak, c.1947.

Dan


Note 1. Wooden cameras are often called "furniture" by their fans, or "kindling" by their detractors.

250mm wide angle? These terms must have changed their meanings since.