Lens fog, morning hours photography
Jul 28, 2017 10:55:34 #
darekstudio
Loc: Minnesota
Outdoor photography, morning hours problems, most common is fog ! , the moisture right on the center, I have to clean up my lens every 2 minutes anyone know how I can prevent it? Someone tell me long time ago about 'spray' - special chemicals to prevent this phenomena! For astrophotography is huge issue every night, please help 😟
Jul 28, 2017 10:56:35 #
darekstudio
Loc: Minnesota
Outdoor photography, morning hours problems, most common is fog ! , the moisture right on the center, I have to clean up my lens every 2 minutes anyone know how I can prevent it? Someone tell me long time ago about 'spray' - special chemicals to prevent this phenomena! For astrophotography is huge issue every night, please help 😟
Jul 28, 2017 11:13:06 #
You're taking physically cold equipment (probably from indoors in A/C) out into a hot humid environment and then condensation is forming on the equipment. You need the equipment to be at the same temps as the outdoors. Try leaving inside the trunk of your car overnight or some other secure location where the equipment is stored for 2+ hours in the same temps as exist outdoors prior to use. If stored inside a ziplock bag, this will allow the equipment to warm without condensation forming on the equipment.
Jul 28, 2017 11:31:37 #
In the past I have taken a hand warmer and put it in 2 socks and wrapped around the lens with a rubber band
Jul 28, 2017 11:34:33 #
I attempted to take my camera from the cool A/C out into the heat of Dallas weather and WHAM.....lens fog!!! Can't be avoided going from one temp to another.
Jul 28, 2017 11:36:03 #
CHEW some tobacco , take the juice and spit it on asoft towel, clean the lens with this, and then a clean cloth. its how pearl divers keep their masks from fogging.
Jul 28, 2017 11:40:43 #
bdk wrote:
CHEW some tobacco , take the juice and spit it on asoft towel, clean the lens with this, and then a clean cloth. its how pearl divers keep their masks from fogging.
That is disgusting and explains why pearl divers have such short lifespans.
Jul 28, 2017 11:41:40 #
darekstudio wrote:
Outdoor photography, morning hours problems, most common is fog ! , the moisture right on the center, I have to clean up my lens every 2 minutes anyone know how I can prevent it? Someone tell me long time ago about 'spray' - special chemicals to prevent this phenomena! For astrophotography is huge issue every night, please help 😟
Keep your camera next to your chest under cover of outerwear. When ready to shoot, pull it out, compose and click, then back under cover.
Jul 28, 2017 13:02:34 #
bdk wrote:
CHEW some tobacco , take the juice and spit it on asoft towel, clean the lens with this, and then a clean cloth. its how pearl divers keep their masks from fogging.
They just spit in the mask, but don't chew tobacco!!
Jul 28, 2017 13:05:04 #
speters wrote:
They just spit in the mask, but don't chew tobacco!!
You can even buy it in a bottle
http://www.amazon.com/Innovative-Scuba-Concepts-DS1120-Anti-Fog/dp/B00AG6XV5E
Jul 28, 2017 13:08:15 #
Maybe you can get the exterior lens not to fog, but what about the interior of the lens and camera? Better to let the equipment acclimate to the climate.
Jul 28, 2017 13:19:43 #
SteveR wrote:
Maybe you can get the exterior lens not to fog, but what about the interior of the lens and camera? Better to let the equipment acclimate to the climate.
When visiting Dubai recently, I left my camera gear in my bag but also in a small room with an open window and no AC. Never had a fogging problem.
The last fogging problem I had was actually in winter. I was shooting an outdoor group photo. After I set up and focused, some "helpful", curious, "friend" decided to check what I was doing. I did not notice when he moved in front of the camera and asked about the lens. But as I looked up I could see his breath drifting right onto the lens where it froze. I had to change to another lens in my bag and redo my whole setup.
Jul 28, 2017 13:19:56 #
Just go out a few minutes earlier and give it about five minutes and it well clear...
Jul 28, 2017 13:27:22 #
I had the issue in going from one "climate" to another at our local botanical gardens.
I am also a scuba diver, and the tobacco comment was close, but you don't need it. Use a little saliva on a microfiber cloth, and it will fill the micro pores in the glass, and will help. Ultimately, though, letting your lens acclimate to the temps will be the best for the lens, and the body.
I am also a scuba diver, and the tobacco comment was close, but you don't need it. Use a little saliva on a microfiber cloth, and it will fill the micro pores in the glass, and will help. Ultimately, though, letting your lens acclimate to the temps will be the best for the lens, and the body.
Jul 28, 2017 15:10:18 #
dsmeltz wrote:
When visiting Dubai recently, I left my camera gea... (show quote)
My sister-in-law and her husband spent quite a few years in the middle east, including Dubai. When home for visits, they had to set the A/C at 80 in order to feel comfortable. That left the rest of us out. They now live in Arizona and I had one fb message that one of their boys had a baseball game in 115 degree heat.
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