Taking photos in the rain

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Right, it has piddled it down all morning while I was taking photos of the Under14's and first I was using an umbrella but it was also windy and trying to hold the umbrella and the camera just wasn't working. So then I used a clear plastic bag but that didn't help.

The trouble with rugby is that it's played in the autumn, winter and sprinbg which equals - lots of rain.

How does everyone else do it, should I fork out for a rainsleeve to protect my camera? If so, any recommendations for a Minolta Dynax 5D? Plus, if I get one fo the Minolta, will it fit a Canon Eos when I get one (ie are they interchangeable?)
 
:lol: bar towels!! Hadn't thought of that...

Thanks for the link - off to have a look
 
Mmm can't get the link to work, for some reason, it keeps telling me that I need to connect to the internet or work offline. Not sure why - I'm already online :thinking: Otherwise I wouldn't be able to post on here
 
kelack said:
Mmm can't get the link to work, for some reason, it keeps telling me that I need to connect to the internet or work offline. Not sure why - I'm already online :thinking: Otherwise I wouldn't be able to post on here
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It works fine from here but a friend was having difficulty yesterday, so there could be ISP problems.

Keatley does stuff in all sorts of camo for wildlife and also for very large lenses. The stuff from Scoff looks excellent too, but wouldn't fit my 500.
 
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Waterproof camera cover for 5 cents!

I made one out of a plastic ziplock freezer bag (sturdy, see-thru) with scissors and some insulation tape. Varying ziplock bag sizes for varying cam/lens combos. Just pick the size you need. Cut a hole in the bottom, stick the lens hood through, and tape.

If I ziplock my 'all-weather camera cover', and use a UV filter to close off the lens end, the cam/bag combo can stay out in the rain. Theoretically all day if need be.

For a grand total of 5 cents . . . !
(And instant delivery).

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I just let the cameras get wet and keep wiping them with a chamois leather and a selection of cotton cloths I keep for the purpose.
I have some of those clear rain-covers, but they more trouble than they're worth unless you're in a static location. Pitch-side sports would be OK, but if you're moving around a lot...not really...
 
This might sound cheap and nasty but it works :cuckoo:

Step 1, find one old rain coat with an elastic cuff

Step 2, cut the arm off the rain coat

Step3 put it over the camera in the ****ing rain and everything will stay dry :woot:
 
Buy an accessory extendable rubber lens cap to keep worse of the rain off the lens, and either, a chamois leather for the body, or a disposable shower cap to keep the worse off th ebody.

Having said that, about 8pm last night, the nicely weatherproof D200 was sopping wet through in a downpour, shooting night lights in traf square with some lovely speckling from rain on the lens :lol::lol:
 
awp said:
Bar towels! get a longer lens and just shoot from the bar!! :D
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:lol::lol::lol: SOunds like a plan!!

Thanks for all your replies, will have a scout around
 
I just let my camera get wet personally then periodically dry it off.
 
i really want to know the solution for rain, my rain cover which is the katana cover, http://www.warehouseexpress.com/?photo/covers/covers.html , covers everything but how the heck you supposed to see through to the viewfinder especially if the clear back gets soaked with rain ?..

and there is nothing stopping the rain hitting the lens all the time, even extending the cover over the lens hood will make the cover visible in the frame...
 
blinkerz said:
[...] how the heck you supposed to see through to the viewfinder especially if the clear back gets soaked with rain ?..
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Use a cover with an open back (e.g. an open ziplock bag), and a wide brimmed hat.

and there is nothing stopping the rain hitting the lens all the time
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Unless you attach a UV filter.

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For Sunday football I take a large fishing unbrella or sometimes a quick easy up gazeebo and shoot from under there if it's raining hard. You just have to get everyone else to stand back a bit.

If it's drizzle then I just use a bar towel.
 
chamois leather same as Arkady, I have tried plastic bags etc but if it is the slightest bit warm as well then the lens just steams up as I found at the moto gp this year,
 
You can't keep rain off the lens in heavy downpours - clear covers steam up as soon as your hands go inside them, goretex covers are too expensive and you can't see where the controls are and whatever you do, water will get onto the camera eventually - you just have to keep wiping, or give up and head for the bar.
If you're static, get a giant golf umbrella and lurk beneath it or get someone to hold it for you.
 
You say that but we did tape the umbrella at one point to the monopod with electrical tape but the wind blew and shook the camera - doh! So that idea went out the window sharpish.

Dan said not to buy anything as he got an Optech Rainsleeve from ebay for me as a surprise, just hope it rains on Saturday :lol:
 
An umbrella attached to a tripod in any sort of breeze will cause instability in the whole set up so doesn't really work. I have to say I'm with Arkady on this - my 30D's got drenched many a time now and doesn't seem to be any the worse for it - I carry a large face flannel and chuck that over the camera body if it gets really heavy - but other than that just wipe periodically. Of course, if you've got a flashgun attached it's a different story. Those little tinkers do NOT like getting wet!! ;)
 
I was in Tescos at lunchtime reading Amateur Photographer - didnt buy it - just had a flick through, glanced at an article demonstrating how to fit your camera into a plastic bag, fitting it around the lens hood, with an elastic band? and removing the eye cup to refit it sandwiching the bag, cutting a hole for the viewfinder,
worth a punt for the cost of a placcy bag :shrug:
 
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