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My charity is holding a 'Colour Run' in the autumn (spectators throwing coloured cornflour at people running round a field) and our photographer has expressed concern about his camera needing to be professionally cleaned afterwards. He is a great guy who gives his services for free so we can pay for cleaning if need be but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about how he could protect his camera on the day.

I was thinking about a clear / UV filter and some sort of rain cover, my only thought about a rain cover is that it will protect from water coming down vertically but maybe not from cornflour being thrown about.

My other suggestion was bring a longer lens and stand further away, but then I thought about Robert Capa saying if your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough....
 
Op-tech rain sleeves, filter on lens, and a decorator's dust mask to avoid the need for having lungs professionally cleaned afterwards.
 
DoctorJ said:
My charity is holding a 'Colour Run' in the autumn (spectators throwing coloured cornflour at people running round a field) and our photographer has expressed concern about his camera needing to be professionally cleaned afterwards. He is a great guy who gives his services for free so we can pay for cleaning if need be but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about how he could protect his camera on the day.

I was thinking about a clear / UV filter and some sort of rain cover, my only thought about a rain cover is that it will protect from water coming down vertically but maybe not from cornflour being thrown about.

My other suggestion was bring a longer lens and stand further away, but then I thought about Robert Capa saying if your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough....
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Simple ... your photographer is right!

Experience of a lens rental company: http://petapixel.com/2013/05/08/photographing-a-color-run-will-destroy-your-camera-gear-dont-do-it/

@StewartR may have some UK experience.
 
gramps said:
Simple ... your photographer is right!

Experience of a lens rental company: http://petapixel.com/2013/05/08/photographing-a-color-run-will-destroy-your-camera-gear-dont-do-it/

@StewartR may have some UK experience.
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Actually no. But I'm not too bothered. Our insurance policy requires our customers to "take all reasonable precautions to avoid liss or damage". If they hire equipment and it gets damaged at an event like this, then by definition they haven't taken all reasonable precautions and they're fully liable. That tends to focus the attention.
 
DoctorJ said:
any suggestions about how he could protect his camera on the day
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By staying away. It's very unlikely you're paying him anything like enough to cover the potential damage. And given the fineness of the dust I'm amazed anyone would want to stand their and breath it in, or worse run a circuit and inhale it deeply due to breathlessness at the end of the run :eek:

(if I sound like a killjoy, OHS is part of my professional job and there's an awful lot not said by Color Run about the composition of the dust and it's potential effects - where it has been professionally analysed by third parties it does not match the "don't worry, it's only cornflour it's perfectly safe" minimal statements issued by the organisers. Stewart's experience demonstrates just how penetrating these fine particles are)
 
Underwater housing? (!)
Long lens
A couple of disposal cameras for getting 'in amongst it'
 
Plenty of waterproof compacts around, from GoPro types up to Nikon 1AW. No shortage of underwater housings available as well, to suit pretty much any combination of DSLR and lens (within reason; might not cover a 300mm f/2.8!)
 
Thank you everyone, bit of a rethink required possibly..
 
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