My DIY "dry cabinet"

After the bad experience with fungus in my camera and lens, i am taking it very seriously to keep my dslr and lenses in a proper condition. Previously i couldn't care less about it 'x' The sad thing about the fungus is, even after sending both my D40 body kit and my lens for cleaning, i still see the "cobweb" on my photos. I only found out in the end, the cobweb thingy on my photos will only appear if i use an aperture of more than f4.0. Weird isn't it :( 

Nevertheless, insufficient budget and other commitments which prohibits me from upgrading to another DSLR made me learn to adapt with my current situation.Thanks to my newly bought 35mm F1.4 prime lens, i can choose not to use aperture of more than f4.0 by playing around with the shutter speed and aperture. But recently, i tried to build my own little "environment" where i keep my dslr and lenses...read on to find out how i did it :D

It's nothing much but i think this is much better than how i used to keep my dslr...

wahahaha...it's all pink! It's actually a compartment in my cabinet. Of course it isn't air-tight but then so far so good. I have around 4 or 5 packs of silica gel inside. The silica gels i got for free courtesy of the warehouse manager in my company :D They have managed to collect a whole big tin of silica gel packets which they meant to throw away anyway so we gave them a second chance in life, so to speak :P

That's about the limited camera accessories i currently own. My D40 kit lens, my D40 attached with my 35mm lens and my tiny little SB-400 external flash. Nothing to boast about, just want to show you guys how i store my camera :P 

If you see the little strip at the bottom of the picture with 6 yellow circles on it...here let me show you what is it....

It's a humidity indicator :D Again, i got it from the warehouse guys..hahaha...

So why do i think my DIY "Dry cabinet" is working? Because this strip indicator has been showing "healthy" colors after all these while (if it turns green it means i should change the desiccant which shouldn't be a problem since i have unlimited supply of the silica gel packets). I have tried exposing the strip to the air outside of the cabinet and it turned green very fast. So i guess all is good? Or so i hope :P Well, like i said, my little setup may not be perfect but at least it's better than nothing :) And it being pink certainly makes me happy looking at it. I bet even if you have a thousand dollars, you woudn't be able to buy a pink dry cabinet like this...lol

p/s this is a scheduled post but because it's schedule to be posted on 10/10/10, i changed the publishing time to 10:10 am too...haha! happy perfect 10 day! :)