in the rain

post your experience of how you handle snapping pictures in the rain/snow with your camera. how have you done it in the past?

In snow

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I just make sure I have a hood on the lens to help minimize the water drops on the front element and snap away. I don't let a drizzle or snow keep me from taking pictures - I did not buy the camera to leave inside!

I've never had any trouble, but I am usually not in a heavy downpour either.

-Ryan

Virtually 99 percent of our total annual precipitation comes in the form of rain. And so far this month, we've broken the record for November with a lot more forecast to come in the next few days. There are times when I wish it would snow.

You can laugh if you want - I've considered getting a small umbrella that would mount to the headband of a hardhat (the suspension/headband of hardhats will snap out of the plastic shell).

This way I could walk around safely with my 30D, and look completely like a dork.

But the cam wouldn't get wet!!!

The 20D/30D series can take a bit of splashing before giving up the ghost...just remember to follow the sequence after getting your camera wet:

1. Preheat oven at 220F for 10 minutes
2. Turn camera off
3. Place camera in middle rack without cookie sheet for 8-12 minutes
4. Remove camera from oven and cool for one minute before serving
5. Enjoy

Glenn NK wrote in post #2278264
You can laugh if you want - I've considered getting a small umbrella that would mount to the headband of a hardhat (the suspension/headband of hardhats will snap out of the plastic shell).

This way I could walk around safely with my 30D, and look completely like a dork.

But the cam wouldn't get wet!!!

If you do this post photos... this is a great idea for those who don't mind looking perhaps a little silly! I think you'd certainly get some attention with this, perhaps more than if you had a big white lens

arthurgoh wrote in post #2278294
1. Preheat oven at 220F for 10 minutes
2. Turn camera off
3. Place camera in middle rack without cookie sheet for 8-12 minutes
4. Remove camera from oven and cool for one minute before serving
5. Enjoy

Do you season to taste?

Do you actually do this? I usually just wipe my 30D off, but this made me curious.

-Ryan

Glenn NK wrote in post #2278264
Virtually 99 percent of our total annual precipitation comes in the form of rain. And so far this month, we've broken the record for November with a lot more forecast to come in the next few days. There are times when I wish it would snow.

You can laugh if you want - I've considered getting a small umbrella that would mount to the headband of a hardhat (the suspension/headband of hardhats will snap out of the plastic shell).

This way I could walk around safely with my 30D, and look completely like a dork.

But the cam wouldn't get wet!!!

I can apperciate your dilema in Victoria. We are getting that same weather here in Vancouver, WA. They had these little umbrellas on the counter at the pro shop last weekend. They attached to a bracket like a side flash bracket and cover the camera. At least I think that's what they were for....

Kata E-702 rain jacket.

rdricks wrote in post #2278737
Do you season to taste?

Do you actually do this? I usually just wipe my 30D off, but this made me curious.

-Ryan

Of course not, I'm not going to scrape molten plastic off my oven...the convenient way is to use the microwave

arthurgoh wrote in post #2278915
Of course not, I'm not going to scrape molten plastic off my oven...the convenient way is to use the microwave

Metal in microwave.... A FORMIDABLE FOE....

Glenn NK wrote in post #2278264
Virtually 99 percent of our total annual precipitation comes in the form of rain. And so far this month, we've broken the record for November with a lot more forecast to come in the next few days. There are times when I wish it would snow.

You can laugh if you want - I've considered getting a small umbrella that would mount to the headband of a hardhat (the suspension/headband of hardhats will snap out of the plastic shell).

This way I could walk around safely with my 30D, and look completely like a dork.

But the cam wouldn't get wet!!!

i would love to see this actually. i need ideas and 'tis the season for bad weather

arthurgoh wrote in post #2278114
In snow

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My assistant holds an umbrella for me in drizzles, but i tend not to bring my 20D out into heavier rain

in and itself this is a nice shot. nice ideas here too

Glenn NK wrote in post #2278264
Virtually 99 percent of our total annual precipitation comes in the form of rain. And so far this month, we've broken the record for November with a lot more forecast to come in the next few days. There are times when I wish it would snow.

You can laugh if you want - I've considered getting a small umbrella that would mount to the headband of a hardhat (the suspension/headband of hardhats will snap out of the plastic shell).

This way I could walk around safely with my 30D, and look completely like a dork.

But the cam wouldn't get wet!!!

Hey Glenn, I'm from Victoria (but now in Seoul)! Small world with these online forums. I've been reading about the recent torrential downpour on the lower mainland and the island...has it stopped at all?

Jon wrote in post #2278876
Kata E-702 rain jacket.

another version
http://www.stormjacket​.com/