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Water Repellent Solution For Camera Front Cover Lens?

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Undisclosed #1
Jun 09, 2016

Due to heavy rain recently in Europe, customer’s camera is covered with raindrops and they couldn’t see image clearly. (Water didn’t come inside the cameras.) So I was wondering is there any water repellent solution for this situation without affecting video/optical quality?

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Undisclosed #1
Jun 09, 2016

Is something like Rain-x suitable?

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Brian Rhodes
Jun 09, 2016
IPVMU Certified

Rain-X is typically mentioned, but be wary of the reapplication intervals. This thread mentions a product used on racing windscreens that a member recommended:

Prevent Salt Water Mist Build-Up On Dome?

There are also specific cameras that often come treated with a hydrophobic coating. We talked about two of them here:

Panasonic Rain Wash Coating

DW CleanView

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Luis Carmona
Jun 11, 2016
Geutebruck USA • IPVMU Certified

A long time ago on LinkedIn someone swore by using Aviation windshield water repellent, was something like $25 dollars a bottle or something. Sorry I don't remember the brand they mentioned.

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