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05/05/2011 01:25:41 AM · #1 |
Any tips? Should I just bag the camera and lens or what? Ideas, tips, tricks, experience?
Winds may be present and significant... have to see about that. |
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05/05/2011 01:26:49 AM · #2 |
| shoot through the window of your car. |
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05/05/2011 01:57:23 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
shoot through the window of your car. |
Not an option. |
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05/05/2011 02:05:13 AM · #4 |
| Just listened to a podcast with moose Peterson about this very this very thing. He keep a clean towel in a pocket to wipe his hands so as not to transfer sand that way. As far as wind blowing sand what about the cheaper under water type housings, you know they look kind of like a ziplock bag with a little glass in front for the lens |
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05/05/2011 03:32:04 AM · #5 |
| Or you can make your own, something like this... |
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05/05/2011 05:06:05 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by tome:
Or you can make your own, something like this... |
Yeah, I've made my own rain covers, and that's worked well, but I'd like to keep the back as closed as possible since the sand will sorta be... all over.
Anybody had any experience with the OpTech rainsleeves, specifically for this type of application?
They seem like a good solution, given the low price and the ability to seal things off mostly...
I'm not too worried about the front of the lens... I've got a filter that'll take that bombardment, but I know how insidious sand can be to buttons and rings and such after shooting the sand challenge.
ETA: I'll be shooting with my 10-20, 28-70 and 80-200, so I need something that is decent sized.
Message edited by author 2011-05-05 05:07:38. |
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05/05/2011 05:23:14 AM · #7 |
I sadly cannot offer any advice, but I think that that $6.95 would be a good investment. That and/or maybe saran wrap. It'd be tight-fitting enough to provide access to all the buttons and sheer enough for the LCD. Knobs might be a problem though. As well as zooming and focusing the lens. Maybe selective use of saran wrap.
Anyway, I'm certainly looking forward to the results. No idea where you're going but it sounds awesome. |
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05/05/2011 09:55:26 PM · #8 |
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05/05/2011 10:37:07 PM · #9 |
If you have several camera bodies, put a short zoom or lens on one, and a longer one on the other, so you don't have to change lenses. Internal focusing lenses gather less dust because they don't extend and retract, sucking dust in with every focus, though zoom will still do that. In any case, try to keep lens changes to a minimum. The rain cover idea is a good one too.
UV filters will help prevent getting scratches in the front glass of your lenses.
I used up one of my cameras shooting the Baja 1,000 last Nov. I don't think that it was sand that caused the failure though. It just had a lot of clicks on it.
Wishing you best of luck with your adventure.
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06/08/2011 04:44:12 AM · #10 |
For future reference- The reason I needed these was because I was making a trip into Sand Dunes National Park, backpacking around in the park. One of the nights I stayed in the dunes themselves, and another night I was right on the edge of them. As such, there was no way to guarantee sand wasn't going to get at things (I had sand in my ears afterwards, for instance, and it would magically turn up in my pack).
I went with the Optech covers, and they seemed to work about as well as anything else I could find/think of. They do fit pretty tightly, about as tight as it seemed like the Thinktank Hydrophobia covers would. I got a little bit of sand into the threads on the hood, but that's it, and that was not a big deal at all. Unfortunately, my LX3 may have met an untimely end... I'm still yet to disassemble and clean it. Frustratingly, I was very careful with it, and it worked perfectly until I was leaving and it suddenly and inexplicably got sand inside, somehow, even though it never made any noises. Will update on how that goes later...
Here's the shot I entered from the trip- 
And here's a sense of size- my tent and friend are center  |
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06/08/2011 07:58:19 AM · #11 |
| Some beautiful scenery! It's hard to imagine the scale of the dunes there unless you see it in person. It is incredible. I made a short stop there on the way home from PHX, and I sure wished I had more time to spend. Here's hoping you can resurrect the LX3! |
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