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gnirtS Posted at 5-1 20:45
Cant see what flying at night has to do with it?
The clear bit of glass is pretty much only to stop dust getting into the thing when taking off or landing. Its got no other functions (no idea why people claim UV etc because it simply isnt true. Its a piece of glass).
Water ingress will happen with or without it (its not sealed). I've had one flight where the piece made it worse as water pooled in between it and the camera element as it couldn't drain away.
This piece of glass was put to prevent dust or water droplets from getting inside, I would add that if this piece of glass gets dirty it would make it easier to clean the lens with a cloth, if it hadn't been literally glued with some glue...
Clearly, and here I agree with you, a UV filter has no reason to be used at night (I don't fly at night, it will have happened to me a few times out of 300) or with a sky so covered that it requires maximum aperture and no ND filter, moment in here instead I use this piece of glass. Flying without it can be done but if it enters, dust, sand, topsoil, drops of water, insects, or anything else it would be difficult to clean inside, I would never do it.
For the rain I happened to catch splashes of waves, fog and rain (clearly I immediately tried to land, I didn't look for it) I can say that fortunately I had this piece of glass, otherwise the droplets that I saw clearly flow insistently on the lens they would enter.
However, the drone (all) is not water resistant so already the customer assistance would turn up its nose to repair a drone that flew in the rain.
And I'm not talking about a decorative livery, an accessory, but a fundamental thing that is part of it.
UV lens or piece of glass I need it, it serves to protect the lens from what can enter inside, I do not find it right, however, to have to resort to other brands to solve a problem of a top of the range drone.
Last but not least, the day I decide to sell the drone I will have to explain to the buyer that the drone has the original lens come off, yes the one with the Hasselblad imprinted, he might think that the drone is damaged and he will have to believe me, personally I would ask myself some questions, I would prefer to deliver things perfectly, clearly now a protective glass done well and that does not come off, whether UV or not, it will be an improvement.
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