RAIN GEAR: What do you use to protect your equipment

[Lonewolf]

I have a shoot scheduled on Friday and the weather forecast includes rain.

I use a Canon 1DMk2n camera body and lenses include a 70-200 mm and a 300 mm.

I'm currently using a Storm Jacket and it works well but I'd like to find something that's transparent so that I can see my gear and more easily manipulate the controls.

At a recent football game I spotted a photographer who had some type of device that let him attach a large umbrella to himself. It seemed to work well. Any ideas where I might find a similar peace of equipment?

Thanks - Wayne.

[john crossley]

I'm currently using a Storm Jacket and it works well but I'd like to find something that's transparent so that I can see my gear and more easily manipulate the controls.


I use one of these. Optech (http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-optech-rainsleeve/p1017072)

[Dennis_Hammer]

I use a ready for this...........Hefty garbage bag. Wroks unbelievable well. Make a small whole squeeze the lens through and you have a very tight fit. Next locate eye piece and take off the 'eye bumper' make a very very small whole and then put the bumper back on over the bag. Couple of issues, can't chimp but I hardly ever do anyway and you better know your controls very very well.

[Sledhed]

At a recent football game I spotted a photographer who had some type of device that let him attach a large umbrella to himself. It seemed to work well. Any ideas where I might find a similar peace of equipment?

Thanks - Wayne.

For the big glass I use a Think Tank rain cover but they don't make one for a 70-200.

If it's not windy I connect two super clamps together with a stud, clamp one side to the monopod and the other to an umbrella. This works very well if it's NOT WINDY!

[Theus]

I use one of these. Optech (http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-optech-rainsleeve/p1017072)

I use those too.

[beeng]

I use a ready for this...........Hefty garbage bag..
Me too :D
Plastic is plastic :P

[jacuff]

For the 300mm and 600mm, I use a Think Tank Hydrophobia. I keep a couple of OpTech rainsleaves in my bag for those just in case situations.

[Tigershark]

I use the optechs on my 300 and 70-200 and they work great

[tim]

I stay home and drink rum ;)

[EmmaRose]

Last time I had to go out and I knew it was raining I just cut and wrapped plastic folders and taped it down. Had a flash on it too

[TMCCaptured]

I use my Kata E-702 in the pouring rain and in the dustiest conditions. Never had a problem yet, given in the Arizona sandpit the hands get warm but well worth it.

[amfoto1]

Plastic gargage bags for the bigger stuff.

Plastic kitchen bags - snack, sandwich, gallon sizes - for the smaller stuff.

Some gaffer tape.

Oh, and several cheap, plastic ponchos stashed in the car and equipment bags, in case of emergency.

[Rubi Jane]

Kata E702 here also. Shot in torrential rain, I get soaked gear stays dry. Interior does tend to fog up a little but nothing unmanageable.

[J.Napier]

I have a shoot scheduled on Friday and the weather forecast includes rain.
Thanks - Wayne.

Rain in Oregon...in November? Surely you kid. lol.
I use a TT Hydrophobia for my 200 with 1.4 and an Optec rain sleeve for my M2N and 70-200. Plastic baggs with rubber bands on flash units.
What game are you covering in Oregon? In Portland?

[Jim G]

I have both a Storm Jacket and a Kata E-702 and the former hasn't seen light of day since I bought the Kata. I find the Kata to be a much better product to use and have successfully used it in the rain many times with no issues.

Prior to owning those I went with plastic bags and tape and that also worked fine... looked a little less pro tho :p

[JHunter]

I don't. My gear is sealed well enough that it'll survive more rain than I will put myself into. Rain gear just makes things awkward to use and pisses me off.

[PMCphotography]

I keep a handful of plastic supermarket bags in my camera bag. wrap one around the body, one around the lens.

[Mike R]

I use the OPtech rainsleeves, They now make one for use with flash. I had used plastic bags but like these better.

[P51Mstg]

ThinkTank HydroPhobia........ Expensive, but well worth it.....

Mark H

[gromeo]

I have both AquaTech and Thinktank HydroPhobia, like Mark H said they are expensive but well worth the price. I have shot in some big down pours here in Florida and I vouch the quality. The HydroPhobia is easier to put on then the AquaTech's

[thumper 8]

I use a Canon 1DMk2n camera body and lenses include a 70-200 mm and a 300 mm.



I use one of these. Optech (http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-optech-rainsleeve/p1017072)

I use the Optech rainsleeves with my 1Dmk2n w/ both the 70-200 and the 100-400 with hoods attached. Works very well - there are 2 sleeves included in the bag. Gear stays totally dry.

[alduin]

ThinkTank Hydrophobia for the 100-400 and an op-tech $2 special for the second body.

The Hydrophobia's pricey, but it benefits from the same insanely thoughtful design as all of the other ThinkTank products.

[amfoto1]

Prior to owning those I went with plastic bags and tape and that also worked fine... looked a little less pro tho :p


Actually, I'd say just the opposite. Pros mostly just use cheap plastic bags from the super market, and some rubber bands and gaffer tape to hold it in place.

Ever watch "Dirty Jobs"? You'll see $50,000 TV cameras wrapped up this way.

[Jethro790]

RAIN GEAR: What do you use to protect your equipment

Trojan... EXTRA large.

Sorry, had to do it.

[JHunter]

Actually, I'd say just the opposite. Pros mostly just use cheap plastic bags from the super market, and some rubber bands and gaffer tape to hold it in place.

Ever watch "Dirty Jobs"? You'll see $50,000 TV cameras wrapped up this way.

A brand new photographer will not take his camera into the rain for fear, someone with a bit more experience will spend a lot of money on expensive rain gear, and pros will use plastic bags or go without.

[beeng]

Their gear is all insured and/or built for rough conditions (i.e. the 1 series). Really though, I don't see why one would pay for some fancy plastic when a plastic bag and a rubber band works just as well.

[alduin]

Ever watch "Dirty Jobs"? You'll see $50,000 TV cameras wrapped up this way.

In rain, I stand by my ThinkTank cover. If the substance hitting my camera was cow dung, snake venom, liquefied deer fat, or any of the various other things they work with/in on that show, you bet I'd switch to a hefty bag in the blink of an eye. It makes clean-up a lot easier. =)

[Rubi Jane]

Their gear is all insured and/or built for rough conditions (i.e. the 1 series). Really though, I don't see why one would pay for some fancy plastic when a plastic bag and a rubber band works just as well.
I've tried the plastic bag route & will continue to use my two Katas instead.

If it's just spitting or drizzling I don't worry but in heavier rain the Katas do a better job. the thicker plastic doesn't wrinkle like a cheap grocery bag so the water runs off and doesn't accumulate and drip like it does from the creases of a plastic bag. Plus I've yet to come across a supply of grocery bags that consistently don't have holes in them.