There are commercial products for this too but I have not used them. One of
the companies is AquaTech. If it's not windy, an umbrella on a stand works
good. We had one of our rare rainy days here today. I saw two boys walking
home in the rain with umbrellas. One was bare headed and was holding his
umbrella upside down, in front of his body, catching water. Might have made
a cute picture but I had no camera....again. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Winsor Crosby
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:52 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Taking photos in rainy, wet weather
I have used a similar system with this difference. I put a lens hood
on the lens. Then I rubber band the hole in the bag around the hood.
Lens is recessed in the hood and all the joints covered with plastic.
That assumes a hard hood of course and not a tulip style.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Sep 21, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Andrew Dacey wrote:
>
> On 9/21/05, Jerry Smith <proud_texan63@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Mostly lurking here now, came up for a quick breathe. I was
>> wondering what the best, different ways, to try to waterproof your
>> camera and gear in rainy, wet conditions? Conditions could be from
>> a mist to hurracane force rain. Tia for all your help. Going back
>> under now...
>>
>
> Aside from AG's recomendations I've used a ziploc bag (or similar
> non-trademarked resealable plastic bag product) in the past. Put body
> with lens into bag. Start to screw a filter onto the lens from the
> outside of the bag, this will mark where the lens goes and the size of
> the opening. Remove the camera from the bag and cut out the circle
> you've marked. Cut in the inside of the line leaving some excess. Put
> camera back in bag, position lens at the opening you cut and screw the
> filter back on, the excess you left should hold the bag in place.
>
> If you're using an automatic camera with buttons you can seal up the
> bag and operate the camera throug the plastic. For a manual camera you
> can open up the bag and operate it but then the shower cap trick
> probably makes more sense. The ziploc solution is great for doing a
> pretty decent job of sealing up the camera but it's really only good
> for if all the lenses you're going to use take the same size filter
> (but you're not too likely to change lenses in really driving wind).
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