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01/10/2007 06:50:41 PM · #1 |
For some reason I want to look into a protective wrap for the old camera. Basically I want something that will allow me to shoot in rain or in the mist of waterfalls. I don't expect something to protect my camera when I fall into ponds.
I wasn't actually able to find a lot. I did see these from Domke but can't quite visualize how they work or whether they would be any good.
Up until now I've actually been fairly successful with a gallon ziplock bag with holes cut for the lens (then taped with masking tape around the lens end) and tripod mount. Still, I'd get something if I thought it worked well enough.
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01/10/2007 06:57:33 PM · #2 |
I've just used saran wrap, lol.
Message edited by author 2007-01-10 18:57:44. |
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01/10/2007 07:03:08 PM · #3 |
B&H actually has an entire section devoted to rain covers:
rain capes
personally I haven't used any before though so that's as much help as I can be on this unfortunately. |
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01/10/2007 07:05:42 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Megatherian:
B&H actually has an entire section devoted to rain covers:
rain capes
personally I haven't used any before though so that's as much help as I can be on this unfortunately. |
Heh, it's a ziplock bag for $159.95...
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01/10/2007 07:26:57 PM · #5 |
Look on eBay under camera accessories. I think the raincoats start at under $30 new.
Search for "op tech" or for " Canon SLR Accessories"
I see that the same op tech is on B&H cheaper.
Nevermind :)
Message edited by author 2007-01-10 19:37:24.
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03/24/2008 01:37:28 AM · #6 |
I have a few of these and they work great. It is very thin plastic, but they fold up inside your camera bag easily and are nice to have in a pinch.
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03/24/2008 03:18:01 AM · #7 |
If you check out the pictures posted from the recent London GTG you'll find most of us were using plastic shopping bags or storage bags of some kind. Nothing fancy and yes, you still get raindrops on your lens, but they seemed to do the trick to keep the bodies relatively dry. Edit to add I used one of the large ziploc-type bags (freezer variety, no less) with a hole cut in the bottom for the lens. Just happened to have had one in my luggage or I'd have gone with the plastic shopping bag as well.
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03/24/2008 03:38:37 AM · #8 |
Use a RainSleeve . . .
Your local Ritz Camera store should have them for (USD) $5.95 for a two-pack. Then go and buy a poncho to weather-proof the photographer. ;-)
One more tip, always use a lens hood to help keep water droplets from finding your front glass element.
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03/24/2008 04:41:34 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
Use a RainSleeve . . .
Your local Ritz Camera store should have them for (USD) $5.95 for a two-pack. Then go and buy a poncho to weather-proof the photographer. ;-)
One more tip, always use a lens hood to help keep water droplets from finding your front glass element. |
Do they also come ribbed for her pleasure? |
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03/24/2008 02:23:56 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
Use a RainSleeve . . .
Your local Ritz Camera store should have them for (USD) $5.95 for a two-pack. Then go and buy a poncho to weather-proof the photographer. ;-)
One more tip, always use a lens hood to help keep water droplets from finding your front glass element. |
Do they also come ribbed for her pleasure? |
...and a reservoir tip for the rain droplets. ;-)
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03/24/2008 02:48:06 PM · #11 |
| Clear-plastic, disposable shower caps; they're cheap and the elastic rim of the cap helps to "cling" over the camera. Cut a hole for the lens hood to poke through. I sometimes use two, one wrapped over the top of my camera/my hand, one wrapped over the bottom. I can still see and use the camera controls through the clear plastic. For longer lenses, you can also use two in combination, with a rubberband holding the lens-holed one in place (the one that can't stretch over the camera body) - less watertight, but workable. Get large-sized shower caps - usually they are one-size-fits-all, but sometimes come in sizes - those will provide the best fit options. |
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03/24/2008 02:54:47 PM · #12 |
| the domke wraps in the original post are really storage wraps--you wrap them around lenses, etc., for toting in a bag/backpack. They work well for that, but are not intended as rain-sleeves. |
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