Screw something expensive. A 1-gallon ziplock with a cut in the end for your lens. Make the hole smaller than the lens so you have to stretch it through. Tape the bag to the edge of the lens. If you use a tripod mount, mount that on the bottom through the bag. The ziplock opens and closes for you to get at controls, but you can do most through the bag. It also opens so you can see through the viewfinder.
I do this all the time in adverse conditions.
Sorry Doc but with your record of water and your equipment, I dont think I'd be giving advice to others on how to protect it from water. :D
MattO
I'm quite sure nothing mentioned in this thread will keep your camera safe from falling INTO a pond...
Screw something expensive. A 1-gallon ziplock with a cut in the end for your lens. Make the hole smaller than the lens so you have to stretch it through. Tape the bag to the edge of the lens. If you use a tripod mount, mount that on the bottom through the bag. The ziplock opens and closes for you to get at controls, but you can do most through the bag. It also opens so you can see through the viewfinder.
I do this all the time in adverse conditions.
Sorry Doc but with your record of water and your equipment, I dont think I'd be giving advice to others on how to protect it from water. :D
MattO
I'm quite sure nothing mentioned in this thread will keep your camera safe from falling INTO a pond...
I've several times recommended the same solution Doc is pushing here; a zip-loc, 2-gallon freezer baggie. Works like a charm.
Here's the set-up. It was a simple, plastic golf club cover at Wal-Mart, and it was $3 when I bought it a couple years ago. The plastic is quite good and heavy, and I've used it several times with no noticeable wear and tear to it:
When I finally begin marketing it with a vastly higher price than what I paid for it, I'm going to call it the Kamera Kondom :)
Originally posted by macleodn:
Originally posted by alanfreed:
I bought a plastic golf club cover at Wal-Mart a few years ago just before covering a Steelers game up in Buffalo. Total cost: $3.
It has a big end that opens up and has velcro, and the other end has a circular elastic band that stretches over the lens. It works PERFECTLY in the rain!
I took it to Cleveland three weeks ago since it was raining for the Steelers season opening game, and I had numerous pro photographers asking me where I got my rain guard. They were a little surprised by the answer... :)
I was thinking I should buy tons of them, stick a name on them like "Pro Camera Protector" or some such thing, and jack the price up to $80.
I have never seen a plastic golf club cover. I don't golf but all the ones I have ever seen are "fuzzy". You don't happen to have a picture of it so I know what I am looking for at Wal-Mart? Thanks!
A 1-gallon ziplock with a cut in the end for your lens. Make the hole smaller than the lens so you have to stretch it through. Tape the bag to the edge of the lens. If you use a tripod mount, mount that on the bottom through the bag. The ziplock opens and closes for you to get at controls, but you can do most through the bag. It also opens so you can see through the viewfinder.
I tested this method over the weekend and, I tell you, it does not work. At least it doesn't work with a 1-gallon ziplock (unless you have a tiny point-n-shoot). For my Canon 40D, it barely fit in the bag with my 70-300 EF IS lens. Once I did get it to fit, it wouldn't zip properly.
Sorry, to hear that. I guess the lens length would make a difference. I'll try to rig my usual setup and take a pic or two...
I'm thinking a 2-gallon one would work, but I like the "shroud"-like cover mentioned in my previous message. It looks like it would give my hands plenty of room and would keep my hands dryer, especially while zooming the lens in and out.
