Rain Cover

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A waterproof housing is a sealed container for taking pics underwater and they tend to be very expensive. ;) What you've linked to is a rain cover. Probably a handy bit of kit, but I tend use a plastic bag with a hole bodged in the end for those wet occasions. If you want to get really technical you can add an elastic band at the front to keep it secured.

Your camera is probably a lot more resistant to mild rain than you think and many people would advocate not worrying about it. I must admit to erring on the side of caution personally. It's worth noting that even with a 1 Series body and weather resistant lens, Canon still advocate the use of a front filter to prevent water getting past the front element, which should tell us something.
 
Just to show the other point of view....

Michael Reichmann wrote in his 5D review
"The Canon 5D is a typical prosumer camera in terms of weather sealing and build quality. I would therefore expect that photographers will be able to shoot in conditions where the photographer will give up long before the camera does.
I'm reminded of a situation on one of my recent workshops where we were shooting on an at-first misty and then quite rainy early morning. As the mist and fog turned to rain one of the workshop members went back to the protection of the car, and packed away his camera. I went over and asked if he was OK. His response was that he was fine, but that he was concerned about his camera getting wet. I said if he thought that a bit of rain was endangering his camera, he was mistaken, and I urged him to return to where the rest of the group was working in the rain. He did so reluctantly, and then later in the day when he saw that his camera was still working fine he thanked me, because he said that in the past he'd never gone out shooting when it was even threatening rain for fear of damaging his camera. He said that this new-found realization was worth the price of the workshop!"

I have seen Matt's (The mod) 1DS MK2 with 800mm Sigma stand out on a tripod all day in torrential, and I mean torrential rain. :eek:
 
LOL No probs... take your pick. All my gear represents a considerable stretch for me to get it, so I'll continue to be a bit careful. Perhaps I'm just a wimp. :D
 
I tried the plastic bag trick in torrential rain up in kelso the other month. The body and lens were dry apart from the front filter. Admittedly my lenses are of the budget variety and how much of this is a factor I don't know but even though the lens body was kept dry I had massive problems with condensation building up inside the lens. So much so that I had to put the lens in the car to dry out, get a different lens out and continue sooting the racing from a different area because of the change in focal length of the lenses. A minor inconvenience though after seeing some of the more interesting shots I got from it.
 
A 350? My advise - don't - it's not weather sealed like the 1 Series.

Get a proper bag if you're going out in heavy rain for a long amount of time.

However, I use Boots Own Brand Shower caps as it fits over the back of the camera and the elastic is around the base of the lens. You might want to use a small elastic band to make the seal tighter.

Some sports togs use black bin bags and more or less climb in them.

If you're not bother with looks and prepared to be really cheap, the above do work! But at your own risk ;)

Carl.
 
CarlOgden said:
However, I use Boots Own Brand Shower caps as it fits over the back of the camera and the elastic is around the base of the lens. You might want to use a small elastic band to make the seal tighter..
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Ooh, good tip, thanks :)
 
dod said:
Ooh, good tip, thanks :)
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That's cos I've spent too many weekends at Three Sisters in Wigan during Winter and been rained and snowed on!

Roll on my next day out (none planned for the rest of this year :( )
Carl.
 
I've resorted to a large freezerbag and a rubber band before now.
Probably even cheaper than a shower cap.
 
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