Wet Weather

[J. Cobble]

I may have to shoot in the rain this weekend at the races. What do you guys do to protect your equipment. ie, 1ds w/ 100-400?

[robertwgross]

Transparent plastic shower cap with elastic around the bottom.

---Bob Gross---

[GenEOS]

This may be too simple, but I find an ordinary tall kitchen trash bag to work to my satisfaction. I am not tryin gto be cute. I tried a store bought cover and found it to be to combersome. I poked a hole in the bag and stretched it around the lens hood, covered the camera and then poked a sall hole in the bag for the eye piece. I put the bag between the camera and the eye piece and that held the bag in place. reach under with one hand to work the zoom, or work it from the outside. No chimping allowed with this low budget device though....

It kept my D60 and 100-400 dry throughout a football game in a light-medium rain. I was soaked, but the camera, lens did not see a drop.

[PacAce]

This may be too simple, but I find an ordinary tall kitchen trash bag to work to my satisfaction. I am not tryin gto be cute. I tried a store bought cover and found it to be to combersome. I poked a hole in the bag and stretched it around the lens hood, covered the camera and then poked a sall hole in the bag for the eye piece. I put the bag between the camera and the eye piece and that held the bag in place. reach under with one hand to work the zoom, or work it from the outside. No chimping allowed with this low budget device though....

It kept my D60 and 100-400 dry throughout a football game in a light-medium rain. I was soaked, but the camera, lens did not see a drop.

Use a clear plastic bag and you can chimp all you want. :mrgreen:

Not sure how readily available the clear bags are but I do know they are available someplace.

[Motorsports Photo]

big ziplock bag.

Test first to see if you can fit your camera/lens inside.

If it passes that test, cut a semicircle in one of the corners and make it just big enough to stratch over the end of the lens. Secure it with a wide rubber bandover your filter ring.

Why a ziplock?? so you can open it up and change batteries, cards, etc. and then easily seal it right back up.

[JoeTampa]

Usually the clear bags are found as leaf bags or recycling bags.

[J. Cobble]

See, I knew someone on here would have a great idea!

[martcol]

What do you guys do to protect your equipment.

Errrrrr

Stay in :oops:

[Wickedfn4u]

Good post idea is to buy some of the Dry-ease place it in the bottom of a Tupperware and seal your camera and or lens in it for a couple of days. Cheap precaution?

Cheers
TC

[KennyG]

Good post idea is to buy some of the Dry-ease place it in the bottom of a Tupperware and seal your camera and or lens in it for a couple of days. Cheap precaution?

Cheers
TC

No, it could sweat quicker than the moisture could be absorbed. Keep silacagel sachets in your camera bag and when you get home let the camera and lens slowly get to room temperature. Put them in in a bag that can breathe along with some more silacagel sachets.

The 100-400 is a long way from being weather resistant. Do not point the lens down if it gets wet or it will quickly fill with water. A plastic bag wrapped around the lens (fully extended) with the edge at the bottom, held on with tape or rubber bands, that allows the lens to zoom will do just fine. The 1Ds is sealed anyway, but you could allow part of the bag to cover the top of it to shed the worst of the rain.

I have worked in torrential rain with my 1D (same body as 1Ds) and 100-400L using the above method and have not had a problem.

[J. Cobble]

Unfortunately, staying in is not an option. :(