I was sad when I found out the hard way that some of the functions on my HP
R707 did not work when the humidity and heat were high.

I then read the manual and here it was "the camera was made and designed to
operate at 85 % relative humidity and 85 F temperature.

I wonder if it is HP that is not producing a decent digital camera or is it
normal to experience this problem when on a sailboat on a hot and humid
day?.

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I was sad when I found out the hard way that some of the functions on my
HP R707 did not work when the humidity and heat were high.

I then read the manual and here it was "the camera was made and designed
to operate at 85 % relative humidity and 85 F temperature.

I wonder if it is HP that is not producing a decent digital camera or is
it normal to experience this problem when on a sailboat on a hot and
humid day?.


I've shot thousands of images with my various Olympus digital cameras and
have never had a problem when shooting in the Caribbean in similar
conditions. Dousing the camera is another matter...I think that HP is giving
you the run-around or the just produced a bad product.

-- Geoff

Same with me, got a canon and never had a problem in Florida or other places
shooting in 95% humidity and temps in the high 90's.

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I was sad when I found out the hard way that some of the functions on my HP
R707 did not work when the humidity and heat were high.

I then read the manual and here it was "the camera was made and designed
to operate at 85 % relative humidity and 85 F temperature.

I wonder if it is HP that is not producing a decent digital camera or is
it normal to experience this problem when on a sailboat on a hot and humid
day?.

I know I dodged a bullet but last month at Trellis Bay my Olympus C-750 was
left on the cockpit table during a real frog choker while I was ashore.
When I got back to the boat it was as dead as Monty Python's parrot. I
removed the batteries, opened everything that would opened and sat it on the
shelf over the nav station for a day. Next night it was back to normal.
--
Glenn Ashmore

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wrote in
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I was sad when I found out the hard way that some of the functions on my
HP R707 did not work when the humidity and heat were high.

I then read the manual and here it was "the camera was made and designed
to operate at 85 % relative humidity and 85 F temperature.

I wonder if it is HP that is not producing a decent digital camera or is
it normal to experience this problem when on a sailboat on a hot and
humid day?.


I've shot thousands of images with my various Olympus digital cameras and
have never had a problem when shooting in the Caribbean in similar
conditions. Dousing the camera is another matter...I think that HP is
giving
you the run-around or the just produced a bad product.

-- Geoff