[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/