Home made camera raincoat - take two filters, one good, one
cheap/scratched. Remove the glass from the dud. Take one strong, clear,
plastic bag. Sandwich a section of the bottom of the bag between the inner
filter and outer empty ring (screw them together if possible or file off
the threads on the outer ring and glue them together. Cut away the plastic
over the filter glass carefully.
Put camera in bag and attach filter - you now have a neat raincoat. For a
manual camera, like an OM, use a large bag and put your hands in too. For
an auto- everything wunderbrick, simply seal the bag. Big, tough, ziplock
bags are perfect.
I used this technique recently in a (sanctioned) student graduation
activity - a pie and flour battle. Camera fine - Fildes took 30 mins under
the shower to clean and I still had flour in my ears three days later.
>On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Jim wrote:
>
>> So I think it is wiser to stop shooting under drizzle or rain, else you are
>> likely to end up your precious Zuiko lenses or flash unit drown or RIP.
>> Has anyone try it out before??
>
> It's on my "don't try this at home" list, Jim. I check the weather,
>and always carry a few umbrellas in the car, from the tiny travel kind,
>which I take when traveling, to the golf behemoth. That's my idea of
>effective weatherproofing. Tenba makes a great rain camera poncho thingie
>for those who like to get wet while their stuff stays dry.
>
> *= Doris Fang =*
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