Camera Lens Problems

Hey guys, looking for some recommendations to keep my camera lens a little less blurry.  These images should have been a lot better and getting home and finding this crap on the screen after an epic weekend is a tad annoying.

What kind of camera are you using? Cell phone?

Olympus stylus tough 6020.  It's a waterproof camera but I need some kind of coating to make the water come off the lens a bit better.  It's 3 years old now and whatever coating used to be on it has worn off.

Olympus stylus tough 6020.  It's a waterproof camera but I need some kind of coating to make the water come off the lens a bit better.  It's 3 years old now and whatever coating used to be on it has worn off.

Have you used rain x yet? I've tried it on my gopro waterproof housing. Works ok, not great. But it's better than nothing.

If someone doesn't come up with a better idea, I'll try that. 

I have the same problem sometimes. I use Rain-x on the Gopros, but I have never tried it on a smaller camera lens like on the Olympus. I had a similar camera (Stylus Tough 6000) until I bonked it inadvertently while bonking a salmon.  I keep a cotton cloth in a drybag to wipe the lens off.  If it is crusted with dry salt, I will lick it first so the salt dissolves and doesn't scratch the lens.  Besides licking, fresh water will also work.

P.s. Nice Ling!

Not all the shots came out crappy.  This one from the gopro was great, but it might put lingcod on Jennings' naughty list since it's killing an octopus.

I keep a couple of small lens cleaning cloths inside little plastic baggies in the pocket of my PFD.  I also keep a dry hand towel in my dry bag.

Couple seasons back I went into the local SprawlMart's eyeglass section & bought a box of 40 individually-wrapped, pre-moistened lens cleaning wipes. They look like the little wet-naps you get at a chicken wing joint.

Cost me under $5 here in Canada, so they should pretty much be free in US$. I always have 2-3 with me on the water; when I use one for my sunglasses, I automatically wipe the lens & displays on both my camera & my phone.

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Olympus stylus tough 6020.  It's a waterproof camera but I need some kind of coating to make the water come off the lens a bit better.  It's 3 years old now and whatever coating used to be on it has worn off.

I have the Olympus TG-610, which I think is the next year's model of your camera.  It's my water-play and snow-play camera, though I've never been real happy with the images.  Lots of blurry shots mixed with some decent photos - mostly assumed it was due to operator error!  I just make sure to use quantity to supplement the quality of images the camera takes, and purge the junk once I can view on screen.

-Sam

lick, lick, dunk.

-Allen

I use lens pen to clean my camera lenses.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenspen-Lens-Cleaning-Pen-for-CANON-NIKON-SONY-LENS-NEW-/300576045442?pt=Digital_Camera_Accessories&hash=item45fbba7982

Spit, rinse, shoot.
Works on inside of goggles that fog up too.

Or a dab of light does of carnauba wax with a super soft cloth.  Buffed to perfection.

Olympus stylus tough 6020.  It's a waterproof camera but I need some kind of coating to make the water come off the lens a bit better.  It's 3 years old now and whatever coating used to be on it has worn off.

I have the Olympus TG-610, which I think is the next year's model of your camera.  It's my water-play and snow-play camera, though I've never been real happy with the images.  Lots of blurry shots mixed with some decent photos - mostly assumed it was due to operator error!  I just make sure to use quantity to supplement the quality of images the camera takes, and purge the junk once I can view on screen.

-Sam

I hated my Olympus at first.  I had it in the "iAuto" function.  It took lots of blurry pictures because the camera is not using a fast enough shutter speed (I assume).  When I switched it to the "scene" mode (I usually chose the mountain icon) it was a night and day difference in quality.  It automatically adjusts the shutter speed and f-stop, etc... for outdoor shooting (again, I assume  ) which improves the quality.

Olympus stylus tough 6020.  It's a waterproof camera but I need some kind of coating to make the water come off the lens a bit better.  It's 3 years old now and whatever coating used to be on it has worn off.

I have the Olympus TG-610, which I think is the next year's model of your camera.  It's my water-play and snow-play camera, though I've never been real happy with the images.  Lots of blurry shots mixed with some decent photos - mostly assumed it was due to operator error!  I just make sure to use quantity to supplement the quality of images the camera takes, and purge the junk once I can view on screen.

-Sam

I hated my Olympus at first.  I had it in the "iAuto" function.  It took lots of blurry pictures because the camera is not using a fast enough shutter speed (I assume).  When I switched it to the "scene" mode (I usually chose the mountain icon) it was a night and day difference in quality.  It automatically adjusts the shutter speed and f-stop, etc... for outdoor shooting (again, I assume  ) which improves the quality.

I agree, the camera takes great photos when the lens is clean.