Home-made weather sealing

[hjoseph7]

Dumb question, but has anybody ever tried weather sealing their EOSD camera ?

[ronald_moravec1]

Plastic bag is the usual way , not too elegant although functional.

[tscheung]

use a self-sealing plastic bag (see-though type), it works, I always use this method when shots in a raining days

[JDMvW]

I honestly don't know if any of the body "armor" sold for various camera bodies helps with weather sealing, but there are underwater housings available if your need is really serious. Otherwise, the zip-lock type plastic bag is adequate for most folks. Do be sure to take the camera out at the end of the day and dry it off as best you can. Even a hairdryer set VERY low.

[nhut-nguyen]

Gorilla Glue every opening and cracks :)

[neil_fraser1]

When people use a plastic bag to waterproof their camera on a rainy day, do you have some kind of cut out for the front

lens element? Or do you just pull it flat and accept any image degradation? Harry, this sounds like it's the way to go but if

you need something more robust, most camera bag manufacturers make expensive plastic bags to cover an SLR set-up.

Although these tend to be aimed at sports/wildlife photographers using long telephoto lenses. Think Tank Photo make a

couple.

[bobatkins]

I suppose you could apply bathroom caulking to all the seams, but it really doesn't sound like a very good idea.

 

If you want to get it really wet, get an underwater housing for it.

 

Otherwise I've found a plastic bag (yes, with a hole cut for the lens!) works fine, along with an unbrella (and an assistant to hold it if available).

 

You can also buy "rain hoods" for cameras and lenses (Goggle "Laird rain hood" for examples).

[geoffm]

Just to elaborate, cut a hole for the lens and hold it to the lens hood with a rubber band. If you are really keen, I guess you could do the same for the VF. If you leave the bottom of the bag open you can get your hand up inside, too.

[eddie_chan9]

i've shot plenty in the rain. i'm talking downpours as well, not just the average drizzle

 

what i do is, i cut a hole in the corner of a ziplock bag, about 50mm in diameter (make sure it's smaller than your lens's filter size) and i put the lens into it and push the lens into that hole, the bag will stretch itself and wrap round the outside of the lens barrel so that only the len's front element is exposed.

 

if i'm going out on a downpour, i also clingfilm the camera (not the front elements). works like magic