Housing for protecting camera on archery range

Any suggestions on some type of housing to protect a camera at an archery range

shoot? I'd like to place the camera down-range and trigger it remotely. There's

no other way to capture the archers from the front.

 

I thought of making a plexiglass shield and mounting it to the tripod. Any other

suggestions? Thanks.

 

John

In ballistics it is possible to photograph down the gun barrel using a 45 degree mirror.

I agree with the prior post. Arrows have a great deal of penitrating power.

 

I suggest a trip to a local thrift shop and purchase an old Polaroid one step camera. Don't pay more than $3.

 

Then carefully disassemble it with a pair of plyers and a hammer.

 

Get the optically correct front surface mirror and point the camera stright up and protect it with a big pile of bricks.

 

Then if your luck is as bad as mine you will lose a $3. mirror and not a camera

Unless you are going to be doing this around archers with bad aim or putting it right next to the target, you do not really need any protection. As long as your camera is far enough down range from the archer, and you use a long lens, you should be fine. However, I would suggest putting something to cover the camera, like a camo netting or black cloth to take some of the distraction away from the archer. Also, make sure the lens is not picking up reflections from light sources that could distract the archer. If you are really worried about the camera getting an arrow through it, I suggest you look at building a "goalie cam" box. Some super strong plexiglass turned into a box should be fine unless the arrow is pointed directly at the glass.

Can you find a large (i.e., old) mirror? That would be the safest way to shoot inbound arrows....