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Protecting Your Gear
When the rain comes down, keep dry by photographing through open building and car windows; from beneath bridges, overpasses and overhanging eaves; and from porches, archways and doorways. If the raindrops are few and far between, you can leave shelter and keep the camera shielded under a raincoat or poncho. Bring it out for the brief period required to get your shot, then return it to its hiding place. A broad-brimmed hat will help here, but make sure it doesn't intrude in the frame when you look through the viewfinder.
In a steadier rain, a deeply domed umbrella affords good defense; the clear-plastic type makes it easier to survey the surroundings. In the umbrella's side, you can cut a window with flaps—held open by clips or Velcro—through which you can point the camera for a safe but unobstructed view.
For more freedom of movement, you might choose to protect the camera itself. Although plastic hoods, pouches and other camera rain shields are available, you can make a simple one yourself using a clear plastic bag and waterproof tape. Make two holes in the bag, one for the lens, the other for the viewfinder. Covering the lens with a skylight filter will protect its front element and reduce the excess bluishness that sometimes occurs when there is an overcast sky. At the lens opening, carefully tape the plastic around the lens hood; tape the plastic at the viewfinder to the edge of the viewfinder eyepiece. Openings on either side of the camera can be made for the strap; these should also be secured with tape. The bag should be over the camera in an inverted position. Operate the camera through the bag's open mouth, which should extend well beyond the bottom of the camera. Carry an ample supply of photographic cloth for wiping the filter dry.
Protected in this way, your camera will be safe in a moderate rain, but it will not be waterproof. In a heavy downpour, remember that the camera is more vulnerable. In dusty environments, in salt spray and in blowing sand, shield the camera more carefully than you would in the rain, because these elements can quickly turn your gear to virtual scrap metal. Condensation is also a threat, and an insidious one. Avoid abrupt changes between warm and cold air, which will fog the lens and viewfinder and may allow moisture to creep into the camera. Once you take equipment outside, allow it to acclimate for a half-hour before bringing it out of your camera bag. A cool water droplet that accidentally falls on a lens that has just been in a warm place can be especially dangerous. If the lens is not dried immediately, condensation can form on its inside surface.
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