Which rain cover?

<p>I am hoping for some advice! Anyone recommend a rain cover to use with a 5Dii body with battery grip and lenses no longer than the 24-105mm but also the 24mm TSEii? I was hoping to see what sort of covers people are using with the tilt-shift especially - that is if anyone uses covers with these lenses! Hoping to find a cover that allows enough room to adjust tilt and shift controls on these lenses whilst in use? Thanks</p>

<p>T/S lenses are not weather sealed so the entire lens must be covered or you are risking some major water damage. For a rain cover to work, you need a lens with a long-ish barrel and deep lens shade (the ability to mount a filter is nice, too) so the T/S lenses don't qualify.<br>

I personally use Hydrophobia (for long lenses) but take a look at some really inexpensive stuff like <a href="http://fotosharp.com/camera_rain_covers.html">http://fotosharp.com/camera_rain_covers.html</a> or just tape a plastic shopping bag to the lens shade: works very well in a pinch. Kata makes a good but really cumbersome rain cover for a DSLR with short lenses (E-705..?) that perhaps might be usable for your purpose.</p>

<p>Shower caps, pick some up in the next motel you stay in. Perfect fit. Clear. Elasticated. Free. For the 'complexity' of the t/s add a rubber band and poke a hole in the shower cap, using the band to seal around the lenshood. Or use two caps.</p>

<p>Or stick a small clamp on the tripod leg and attach a small umbrella (clear) to keep the worst rain off. If its so windy that the brolly starts flying you'll be struggling anyway. Or go the whole hog and get the <a href="http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/umbrellas/novoflex_patron_photo_umbrella/22731_p.html">Patron umbrella from Novoflex.</a></p>

<p>Storm Jacket. I have 2, A medium and a large. I bought the medium first and it works well with my shorter lenses (28-135, 17 -40). I bought the larger one for use with my 70 -200 f2.8L IS.<br>

These are not cheap (~$50 - $75) but you are protecting anywhere from $1500 - $6000 worth of equipment.<br>

Ed</p>

 

<p>I never use a camera condom, as I call them. Umbrella works for me, I've been shooting for over 30 years, never any rain damage, southeast alaska and washington state. </p>

<p>So it never gets windy when you're shooting, WT? Umbrellas are useless (and sometimes worse than useless) in a strong wind...</p>

<p>Here is what I use:<br>

<a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/870845-REG/LensCoat_LCRSLM4_RainCoat_RS_Rain_Sleeve_.html">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/870845-REG/LensCoat_LCRSLM4_RainCoat_RS_Rain_Sleeve_.html</a><br>

Although it is made for lenses up to around 300-400 it can also be used with regular lenses... just bunch up the excess in the middle. I was using it on a 7D with a 10-22 the other day when I went out to get storm pics during Sandy. Winds of 50 precluded the use of an umbrella.</p>

<p><a title="Self Portrait by esfishdoc, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8136628890_92a2b5edde.jpg" alt="Self Portrait" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>

<p>This is what we used when I was shooting Marathon races <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/469774-REG/OP_TECH_USA_9001132_18_Rainsleeve_Set_of.html">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/469774-REG/OP_TECH_USA_9001132_18_Rainsleeve_Set_of.html</a> . Not for heavy downpours or hurricanes, but for everything else they work plus they are cheap, portable and semi-disposable. </p>

<p>that's right Reeder, it never ever blows on the coasts of Alaska or Washington.</p>