[TwoUptons]

I just put my most recent acquisitions in a sealed bag with three Kodak Aero Ektar* lenses and a 50mm Takumar. Everything should be fine after a few days.

* Yes, the famously radioactive ones. They average about 1.3 microsievert / hour radiation level @ 30cm.

I always thought it was the high concentration of early Takumars that spawned Godzilla...

Do you think it is any coincidence Godzilla first appeared the same year as the Asahiflex IIb?

-Eric

[Apet-Sure]

All this worry about camera gear but do you disinfect your groceries?

Or your mail? No telling how many people have touched it.

[jcdoss]

COVID-19: U.S. Postal Service says our mail is safe | Local News | qctimes.com

How long can COVID-19 live on a surface?

COVID-19 lives on surfaces for various lengths of time, a study has found.
According to a new study from National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UCLA and Princeton University scientists, the virus is detectable:
Aerosols: up to 3 hours
Copper: up to 4 hours
Cardboard: up to 24 hours
Plastic and stainless steel: up to 2-3 days
Source: New England Journal of Medicine

[TwoUptons]

COVID-19: U.S. Postal Service says our mail is safe | Local News | qctimes.com

How long can COVID-19 live on a surface?

COVID-19 lives on surfaces for various lengths of time, a study has found.
According to a new study from National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UCLA and Princeton University scientists, the virus is detectable:
Aerosols: up to 3 hours
Copper: up to 4 hours
Cardboard: up to 24 hours
Plastic and stainless steel: up to 2-3 days
Source: New England Journal of Medicine

The study I saw with the same sorts of numbers (so maybe the same study) evaluated those results in a hospital-like environment.

So indoors, air-conditioned, controlled humidity, and no strong UV light source or weather...

I'm not sure what that would mean here, however, but I would expect different times for things outside, for example...

-Eric

[Trick Fall]

All this worry about camera gear but do you disinfect your groceries?

Actually, I've been wiping groceries down with a disinfectant wipe and then leaving them in a separate area for a few days.

My KS-2 actually was being repaired right before things started getting crazy. When I picked it up I had him put it in a ziploc bag and when I got home I left the camera outside in the sun and cleaned it with alcohol wipes.

Oddly enough, I'm not at all a germaphobe in normal times.