Protecting against smoke?

Well it's a toss up it seems.

I am a former chain smoker, I quit 15 years ago and am d**n glad I did. I know inhaling the smoke, 2nd or 1st hand is BAD and I would rather NOT breathe it in at all, ever. When I go over there my clothes stink and I have to leave them in the garage then go straight to the shower because it's all over me, in my hair, etc.. Ugh! Then I have to wash my clothes twice in a row to get it out of them.

I've cleaned a lot of houses and things over the years that were nicotine coated and that stuff is bad news and it gets inside of everything..

I bought the little Canon remote control so I'm thinking that I could set the camera on a tripod, put a large, clear baggie around it and rubber band it around the lens neck then push the remote to snap pictures when I want. Setting up for video will be a different story though..

I have another remote coming in that is a digital timer, I hope it comes in in time so I can do time lapse photos, like once a minute. I could compile them into a cool video.

But yeah, I don't fancy inhaling cigarette smoke, not for one minute or one week. I just want to minimize the invasion of it into my camera because if it gets inside the camera getting it out would be completely impossible.

As for tattoo safety, it's a thing that is very strictly monitored and controlled by the state. It's safe these days, unlike the old days when there were no safety controls in place. I've had ink for many, many years. I'm a rebel..

I can imagine if your gear was in a room for months in heavy smoke it would get that tar film on it, but for a few hours a day for a week I can't see any issue?

The timed remote and a time-lapse sequence would be very cool.

As others have said, I personally wouldn't care about a little smoke in the parlor. But there are other environments that could be bad and I guess you use this as practice at sealing up the camera using a plastic bag and a UV filter.

Agreed! A couple of hours in a room with smoke is not going to harm a thing.

krb wrote in post #13520181
The timed remote and a time-lapse sequence would be very cool.

As others have said, I personally wouldn't care about a little smoke in the parlor. But there are other environments that could be bad and I guess you use this as practice at sealing up the camera using a plastic bag and a UV filter.

I'm going to try.

I also need to be sure to get some close ups of me biting my lip and crying.
I won't lie. It HURTS....

Dee_Ann_2012 wrote in post #13520339
I'm going to try.

I also need to be sure to get some close ups of me biting my lip and crying.
I won't lie. It HURTS....

I've never had one, stopped in a tattoo parlor once in Amsterdam to get one, and I saw these guys with arms as big as my legs with tears coming down their cheeks. I walked out, it looked really painful.

rick_reno wrote in post #13520460
I've never had one, stopped in a tattoo parlor once in Amsterdam to get one, and I saw these guys with arms as big as my legs with tears coming down their cheeks. I walked out, it looked really painful.

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep...

Once it's all done and over with I'm probably gonna post a few pics of the finished work.
Right now they are unfinished, I had a lot done over the years then stopped for a long time.
Early this year I resumed with my goal of "sleeving up". I got a good bit done then took a break for a few months to deal with personal issues. So now there are a lot of outlines that need to be filled in and a good bit of unfinished stuff on both arms. I should be wrapping it all up in a few weeks, thankfully. Once it's done and healed up I want to take some good pics. And of course I will try to get some pics and video of the during phase. The hurty parts...

I'd find some other business where they don't smoke.

Numenorean wrote in post #13520637
I'd find some other business where they don't smoke.

Well, that would be nice but this is the artist that started my sleeves so I have to have him finish. Tattooists won't go behind each other to finish something someone else started and most won't touch coverups which I'm having several of as well.

So I'm stuck with this one for now. Once he's finished what he's started however, I do plan on going to a new artist out of town for new, additional work. This one is moody and finicky and we've had personality clashes.

I think your lens is one of the ones that requires a UV or clear filter to weather seal it. It will say in the instructions. I wipe my L lenses down with a damp cheesecloth from the kitchen sink, often to get sunscreen off them, and then dry them with a tea towel or kitchen paper (not the glass, of course!).

The "leatherette" on cameras up until the 1980s absorbed cigarette smoke and there was no way to get it out. You could clean all you liked, but the tar was somehow bonded in and the smell remained; the only fix was replacement. I don't know whether this is the same with the modern rubberised covering on the 5D. In the worst case, replacing them shouldn't be too expensive - they just stick on with double-sided tape.

Anyone claiming washing a padded camera bag is easy can't have tried to dry one. It's not easy even here with a run of very hot days (over 40 Celsius) to get the foam dry, and if it takes too long it goes mouldy and the bag is ruined. I'd wrap the camera in a towel and put it in something easier to clean than your best girly camera bag.

melcat wrote in post #13521025
Anyone claiming washing a padded camera bag is easy can't have tried to dry one.

A very good point. Even without the padding, canvas and similar materials can take a long time to dry. At least with canvas you don't have to worry about it melting so putting in the oven at about 150F(70C) is an option.

melcat wrote in post #13521025
I think your lens is one of the ones that requires a UV or clear filter to weather seal it. It will say in the instructions. I wipe my L lenses down with a damp cheesecloth from the kitchen sink, often to get sunscreen off them, and then dry them with a tea towel or kitchen paper (not the glass, of course!).

The "leatherette" on cameras up until the 1980s absorbed cigarette smoke and there was no way to get it out. You could clean all you liked, but the tar was somehow bonded in and the smell remained; the only fix was replacement. I don't know whether this is the same with the modern rubberised covering on the 5D. In the worst case, replacing them shouldn't be too expensive - they just stick on with double-sided tape.

Anyone claiming washing a padded camera bag is easy can't have tried to dry one. It's not easy even here with a run of very hot days (over 40 Celsius) to get the foam dry, and if it takes too long it goes mouldy and the bag is ruined. I'd wrap the camera in a towel and put it in something easier to clean than your best girly camera bag.

I do have a UV filter which is screwed onto the lens, snugly. It won't come off by accident.

Washing a camera bag? I did exactly that yesterday. I have an OLD JVC bag from an old hi-8 camcorder that died several years ago. It's too small for my 5D but it's just right to put accessories in. It will hold me over until I can get to Houston and buy a proper and right bag to hold all my stuff.

Anyway, it was really dusty and gross so I washed it and hung it from a ceiling fan to dry. 24 hours later and it's still damp inside. I figure a few more days should do it.

If it's heavy smoke, your camera will have that "smoke" smell for a few days. I shot a few times in a club/bar and I always have that "smokey" cigg scent to my gear after i'm done. I just wipe it down with wipes and leave it on my desk to air dry for about a week for the smell to get out.

Just bring and it shoot how ever you please. The smell isn't going to kill the camera.

BryantFC wrote in post #13521494
The smell isn't going to kill the camera.

Not strictly true. Cigarette smoke can damage electronics, if it gets in. A "smell" is nothing more than chemicals evaporating and drifting onto the sensors in your nose.

I would like to think, and your experience does bear it out, that the camera is well enough sealed against cigarette smoke. Surely if they want to sell them in China, Canon tested this.

Certainly with its UV filter the lens should be fine.