shooting in rain or dust

[scooter shooter]

A friend of mine showed me this after I asked about shooting in dust to keep the dust and rain off my camera.

http://web.syr.edu/~lmason/waterproofing.html

[cmM]

that's pretty cool :)

[jdbyrnes]

I used that same trick during a refueling outage at a nuclear power plant. I was taking pictures inside the drywell. We brought 2 camears in every day for ~6weeks. we never lost a camera to RP, and we never even had to decontaminate one.

[Olegis]

Great idea !

[Rokkorfan]

Seems a lot cheaper than buying a 1 series body! This would be great for anything where you might get pelted - I see a real opportunity for less cleaning time for the ringside photographers at my local jelly wrestling venue ;o)

[Raj]

Nice trick !! seems effective & inexpensive too :-)

[vwpilot]

Its a neat trick, but I wouldnt bet my thousands of dollars worth of gear on it. I much prefer these. http://www.aquatech.com.au/products/sportshields/sportshields.htm

Not cheap, but neither is my gear.

[joeseph]

Wonder if he cares for his camera like he cares for thise scissors!

:-)

[timmyquest]

Hot damn...this almost makes up for canon not sealing all their lenses. Good stuff!

[froleen]

thank you. solves a long time problem for me.

[GSDDude]

The ziplock bag trick is very cool. The aquatech setup, while also very nice, seems kind of "bulky" and awkward.

[froleen]

i just came back after testing this transparent plastic solution in some sleet. it works fine. the only drawback is that i have to handle a scissors just some millimeters away from the filter and inside the hood. it´s tricky and rather slow and could damage the filter, especially with a very wide-angle lens (ef-s 10-22) where i have to be quite close to the filter because of the picture angle.

[billsh]

Great idea ! I have wanted to shoot my lab jumping in the water and now I know how to protect my gear.

Thanks for sharing

[drisley]

It must be hard to see thru the viewfinder, no?

[froleen]

well, i cheated. i kept the back-side of the plastic bag open and had the right hand and my eye in there.

[froleen]

if the bag is long enough and it´s not a pouring rainstorm, the bag can be turned over the backside of the camera and the camera can be carried in the normal way on the strap, over the shoulder or around the neck, without any water coming in. that solves the problem of carrying the ensemble around.

by the way, next time i use this thing i´ll try to cut out the front of the plastic bag with a scalpel or a box- cutter (on the outside of the filter). that may be easier since the plastic is pretty well stretched in front of the lens by the pressure of the hood.

[scooter shooter]

i just came back after testing this transparent plastic solution in some sleet. it works fine. the only drawback is that i have to handle a scissors just some millimeters away from the filter and inside the hood. it´s tricky and rather slow and could damage the filter, especially with a very wide-angle lens (ef-s 10-22) where i have to be quite close to the filter because of the picture angle.
I don't use scissors, a razor or a exacto knife works great for me and as for the view finder you can remove the eyepiece before you put the bag over the camera then slide the eyepiece back on the camera(over the bag) then cut the bag through the eyepiece "very carefully" with a exacto knife. It takes a little patience to get it right.

[S230]

A friend of mine showed me this after I asked about shooting in dust to keep the dust and rain off my camera.

http://web.syr.edu/~lmason/waterproofing.html
Thanks for the Tip... It will definitely come in useful. I however may just put it in the ziplock and not even bother cutting away. If I plan on shooting at Niagara Falls, the Mist is pretty nasty for the equipment.

[cricket]

I live in the rainy Northwest USA.

About 1987 I learned this type of trick for shooting in rain/drizzle. The differences being I didn't use a zip lock, I used a plastic bag, and no scissors, I screwed the filter into the plastic and the threads cut out the plastic. This was great as I could get my hands up under the plastic bag to work the controls.

[PhotosGuy]

Niagara Falls, the Mist is pretty nasty for the equipment. Years ago we spent 2 days at the base of the falls shooting a ad for Delco batteries. One battery powered a rock band. After, 2 'Blads & 2 Nikons went in for repair. It took a week to get the "water wrinkles" out of my fingers! ;-)

[michael.luczkow]

just use a clear trash bag and put your whole body inside it :-) then you can see the viewfinder perfectly. If anyone tries this, please post a picture.

[Webster]

just use a clear trash bag and put your whole body inside it :-) then you can see the viewfinder perfectly. If anyone tries this, please post a picture.

You could save the paramedics a lot of time and just use a body bag. ...and I'd just as soon NOT see the picture.

[michael.luczkow]

:-)

[S230]

just use a clear trash bag and put your whole body inside it :-) then you can see the viewfinder perfectly. If anyone tries this, please post a picture.
You want it; you got it... I had a good laugh at this myself.... but thought I share the fun with everyone...
This was taken indoor however and I am sweating! It's quite hard to breath with the bag over myself... I should had put on a snorkle.. =P
Good thing Webster did not have to call the paramedics... hehe...

CAUTION: "Now kids..., do not try this stunt at home because it's done by someone that is professionally insane or has nothing better to do..."

[michael.luczkow]

Funny as hell