Innov Lens Protector Fogging up

[Hans]

Hi Riley,
It’s important to minimize moisture between the lens protector and the camera when applying it. Furthermore, both the lens protector and the camera lens must be completely free of grease and clean. Grease can cause moisture to settle on surfaces.
The ambient temperature also affects the fogging of the lens. I can imagine that the front camera catches more wind and therefore fogs up more.

[Riley]

Yeah I think I’ll take the front one off and leave the rear one on. Thanks

[dobby]

Yes i bought them. Went around Europe and ended up taking them off for that very reason fogging up..

Possibly a good thing in dry dusty conditions,, to help stop a chip. But I’d rather run that risk albeit very low risk. There a good idea but don’t work in wet weather. That’s just my opinion.

Dry weather good.

Wet no good.

[Riley]

Cool thank you for the reply

[Hans]

A little bit of physics:
While filming, the camera heats up, and the air between the lens protector and the camera also heats up. Warm air expands.
When the camera is turned off and cools down, the air will also cool down. And air that cools contracts. This creates low air pressure between the lens protector and the camera. As a result, if the lens protector isn’t mounted airtight to the camera, outside air is drawn in. And then moist air can also be drawn in. The volume between the lens protector and the camera is very small, so the air movement is therefore small. But if there are frequent enough temperature changes, enough moisture can eventually get in to cause a foggy lens.

Incidentally, I’ve ridden a total of over 60,000 km with multiple cameras on my motorcycle and have never had any stone chips on my cameras. Dutch roads are pretty clean, but I’ve also ridden a fair number of kilometers on less-than-clean roads. For me, a lens protector doesn’t outweigh the risk of stone chips. And I also don’t want to risk lens flare in my videos.

[ANTHONY]

New to the K7, not even installed yet, will be doing that this weekend! Coming from the Thinkware M1 with almost the same miles as you but on KTM Super Duke GT and R and I have had 3 front cameras taken out and one rear. So I hope I have the same luck. I’m in AZ.

[Joe]

There is a better lens protector here: https://jk3d.us/product/jk3d-motorsports-camera-lens-protector-v3/

The OG for these cameras (been making and selling these since 2021 for INNOVV cameras). The INNOVV one is a nice cheap one, but mine have been used by hundreds of customers and few have had issues with fogging.

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