[RealGeek]

I live in NY as well, and it snowed every week most of the winter. My camera lens got dirty or blocked by ice on only three occasions. Mostly, the camera is clear even when windows are dirty.

Is cleaning camera lens for a total of 3 times in a year a big deal? We clean our cars a lot more than that.

[dfc]

You are correct 3 times in one winter is not a lot. I am saying that 3 times in one winter is not an accurate estimate of how often I would have to clean the camera. How much snow did you receive in your area of NY? Did you get half the snow Syracuse did?

  City       2013-14     Avg.
  ----------------------------
  Syracuse    131.6      123.8
  Buffalo     128.7       94.7
  Rochester   112.3       99.5
  Binghamton   84.4       83.4
  Albany       71.1       59.1

from: http://goldensnowball.com/