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02/16/2005 03:52:14 AM · #1 |
Basically: how do you do it?
There are a lot of conditions that are not so good for a camera, but are absolutely prime for taking beautiful pictures. I wind up being torn between not wanting to gunk up my camera and wanting to capture what I see.
What are your techniques for avoiding salt spray from the ocean, or mist, or whatever, from getting on your lens? The only thing I can think of (besides a lot of wiping) is carrying along a chunk of plexiglas.
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02/16/2005 04:09:13 AM · #2 |
| It's funny that you posted this thread. I was wondering the same thing. I love to shoot on rainy nights. Not so much days. I would hate to get my lens all wet, it would piss me off. Our camera has a Carl Zeiss lens that is designed to hide droplets of water in a photo if they ever get on the lens. Protecting the camera is easy. But the Lens? Plexiglass probably would ruin focus. Unless its a clear clean piece of plexiglass. I think you shut your camera immediatly after taking each shot and dont point the cam directly into wind. Always shoot with the wind at your back. |
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02/16/2005 04:19:37 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by RulerZigzag:
Our camera has a Carl Zeiss lens that is designed to hide droplets of water in a photo if they ever get on the lens. |
DSC-V1 users reprazent!
I didn't know that about the Zeiss lenses- what a great feature. (I was having just this problem earlier today on a rather soggy hike, and kept taking pictures despite knowing that there were water specks on the lens.)
You're probably right about the plexiglas, and keeping it clean would be a major issue. Shooting into the wind kind of becomes necessary at the ocean, I've found, since so often the breeze is blowing towards the shore. Maybe I just need to invest in some cleaner solution, though I have this fear that every time I wipe off the lens I'm reducing its clarity, even if minutely. |
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02/16/2005 04:25:58 AM · #4 |
| when you wipe the lens, do you use a Qtip? I wouldnt wipe em too much , you could risk scratching it. Yea this camera was a bargain. Cheap, loads of settings, and the good lens. Now I need to purchase a telephoto lens, and a Macro lens. The Canon could wait. |
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