Symi Chat

While I was on Symi recently I took the opportunity to give the webcam a bit of TLC.
It gets quite a battering during the winter months and salt spray from the harbour tends to make a mess of the tiny window in its waterproof box. A wipe with a bit of Symi Visitor kitchen roll made a huge difference as can be seen from the before and after pictures:




As well as making the pictures much clearer, the camera isn't dazzled by the street lights during the evening any more.
I also tilted the camera upwards slightly as suggested by Snapperjon a while ago which may help during the winter months.


The changes can also be seen on the timelapse video:

Wow!, what a difference a wipe makes.

Good work Allan, thanks,

Petrostoo

Allan,I have this vision of you up a ladder and George Formby singing "A window cleaner you would be,
If you can see what I can see
When I'm cleaning windows."

Another slight improvement.....

Adriana has kindly moved the jasmine that was obscuring part of the picture so Pacho's is back in view!

I meant to thank Adriana for moving the Jasmine - I thought it was a vine that would eventually take over the webcam completely. Nothing against Jasmine but it's nice to have an unobstructed view again. Thank you

Is the webcam working ok at the moment Allen? I haven't been able to see anything for the last two mornings, I just get the white screen with Symi Visitor in the middle

It's working fine Gemma1.
Try clicking this link: http://www.symi.eu.com/sva_cam/image000M.jpg
You should get the latest image. If that doesn't work then the problem is something to do with your internet connection I'm afraid. Perhaps try turning your modem/router off and on again?

It's working fine for me this morning Allen - on my usual link. I presumed you'd fixed it Ahh well whatever it was my view of Symi harbour is back

Pleased to hear it's working again for you.
I assume it was just one of those odd 'internet things' that has fixed itself though I'm happy to accept responsibility