> Chuck Holst <CHUCK_at_multitech.com> wrote: > Probably the biggest problem with all these cameras is keeping water drops off the lens. I have a lens cap on my Nikonos but was never able to come up with satisfactory protection for the Weathermatics. It's a good idea to carry a dry tissue or pieces of paper towel in a ziploc bag for wiping off the lens. > what works well for me is buying a window washing squeegee (flat plastic body with an inserted rubber squeegee strip), cutting off a small length (sized to be able to sweep all water droplets off the lens), and then tying this mini-squeegee to the camera so that it is always handy for use. Using fingers to wipe water droplets off the lens usually leaves (at best) at least a few droplets within the film's field of view, and can (at worst) leave oily residue on the lens. The mini-sqeegee can get *all* the droplets off the central 'visible' parts of the lens and leaves no residue --- and prevents having to hassle with keeping some sort of dry wipes protected/dry. The downside of using a squeegee is that any coating on the lens is eventually worn off, but this has less of an effect on the printed pictures than do water droplets. On cameras -- I'm still using my Nikon Action Touch (waterproof point-and-shoot), which hasn't been made in many years. If anyone finds a used one of these for sale, let me know - I'd like to have a spare ;-) Play Hard, Erik Sprenne *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 20 1999 - 21:06:51 PDT
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