6 Hot Weather Camera Care Tips

Sum­mer is in full swing. Long, hot days spent at the beach, pool, and lake, tak­ing your cam­era every­where, and cap­tur­ing all of those sum­mer mem­o­ries. These 6 hot weath­er cam­era care tips are going to help you pro­tect those mem­o­ries, and pro­tect your cam­era dur­ing the long, hot sum­mer days. 

Hot Weather Camera Care Tips

You have a beau­ti­ful and expen­sive cam­era; car­ing for it is impor­tant and nev­er more so than when deal­ing with the sum­mer ele­ments; strong light, sand and water. You want to make sure you are pro­tect­ing your cam­era this sum­mer, so I have put togeth­er my 6 hot weath­er cam­era care tips. If you want to get the most out of your cam­era this sum­mer and guar­an­tee a long life for your equip­ment, you will want to fol­low these 6 hot weath­er cam­era care tips!

6 Hot Weather Camera Care Tips

Tip #1 Make Temperature Changes Gradual

Have you ever tried to shoot that pho­to only to find that your lens is fog­gy? Chances are that you’ve moved your cam­era from a cool inside tem­per­a­ture to a hot out­side temp. This will absolute­ly cause that dread­ed con­den­sa­tion. Tak­ing the cam­era out­side in its bag and let­ting it accli­mate will help with the dread­ed fog­gy lens. Plan accord­ing­ly and let your cam­era sit for a few min­utes in warmer tem­per­a­tures to pre­vent lens fog.

Tip #2 Keep Your Camera In A Padded Bag

My num­ber 2 hot weath­er cam­era care tip is keep­ing your cam­era in a padded bag. A padded cam­era bag is key to help­ing pro­tect your expen­sive cam­era equip­ment. It pre­vents your cam­era from get­ting knocked around and pro­tects it from the sand, water and all of the oth­er sum­mer hazards.

Tip #3 Never Leave Your Camera In A Hot Car

Your cam­era has a heat rec­om­men­da­tion and know­ing this can be help­ful. Even if you are unsure of what this is, leav­ing your cam­era in a hot car is a def­i­nite no-no. Now, dri­ving to and from a shoot, the beach or a fam­i­ly event is fine, but if you plan on get­ting out of the car for an extend­ed time, make sure to take your cam­era with you to pre­vent any mechan­i­cal damage.

Tip #4 Avoid Shooting In Direct Sunlight

Sum­mer light is mag­i­cal, and you can cre­ate won­der­ful mem­o­ries using the beau­ti­ful light, but not at the cost of your cam­era. Remem­ber that your cam­era is made up of a lot of plas­tic parts. Your cam­er­a’s lens acts like a mag­ni­fy­ing glass, mul­ti­ply­ing the inten­si­ty of the sun’s rays hit­ting those plas­tic parts. This can often be hard on the cam­er­a’s parts, so avoid aim­ing your cam­era at the mid-day sun.

Tip #5 Keep Your Camera And Camera Lens Clean

Con­den­sa­tions, mildew and sand can build up in and on your cam­era over the sum­mer days. Make sure your lens is always cov­ered, and take some extra time to dust off your cam­era and lens reg­u­lar­ly. I always have this great clean­ing tool in my bag to give my cam­era a quick clean.

Tip #6 Don’t Store Your Camera On Or Under A Towel

Tip #6 on my hot weath­er cam­era care tips may seem obvi­ous, but I can’t tell you how many times I have heard sto­ries of some­one wrap­ping their cam­era in a beach tow­el, only to have it dropped in the park­ing lot. When you fin­ish with your cam­era, make sure to replace the lens cap and return it to your bag. Those few sec­onds you take to secure it in your cam­era bag prop­er­ly can save you a lot of frus­tra­tion and mon­ey in the long run.

You have spent a lot of mon­ey on your cam­era and want to care for it prop­er­ly. Hope­ful­ly, these 6 hot weath­er cam­era care tips will help you pro­tect your invest­ment, have a stress-free sum­mer with your cam­era and cre­ate some fan­tas­tic sum­mer mem­o­ries. And, if you are ready to learn how to take those amaz­ing sum­mer shots even faster, join The Begin­ners Pho­tog­ra­phy Essen­tials class today!