Rain covers

[Jared Farrer]

I am looking for a rain cover for my sony hc96, its a pretty compact camera small in size. Does anybody else use one? I normally dont but I figured I would get one just for protection and who knows I might actually use it.

What do you guys use and where did you get it?

 

[John Diel]

Most rain covers are camera specific for the larger 3 chip cameras. Most "handy cam" video cameras don't have one specifically made. If they do, I suspect they would be rather expensive.

For the smaller hand held cameras, I tend to use a large sandwich baggie with a hole cut for the lens and a rubber band to seal it around the lens. That's only if I'm out in the rain and it's really coming down though. Generally, with a conumer camera, I try to keep it inside the vehicle as much as possible.

 

[fplowman]

I bought some transperant (spelling) vinyl from walmart.. I sew and sell military and LEO Nylon tactical gear from the man room in the basement.. Im thinking to make my own with some 1000 cordura that is laminated of course for water resistancy and some of this vinyl.

ill report when Im finished.. with my schedule it will probably be this fall.. So hold your breath and turn blue. lol

In the mean time the main manufacturers for camera raincoats is Portabrace and an Israeli Company, named Kata. Do a google on these two names and search for your model to see if they have an offering available. Mostly though the cater to prosumer and professional fare and often they arent cheap.

Fred

 

[Dustin Wilcox]

Check these out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SONY-SPK-HC...3QQihZ002QQcategoryZ23780QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Brian Emfinger]

I got some rainsleeves. They were very cheap ... maybe 5$ for two. Its basically a souped up plastic grocery bags.
http://www.ccicameracity.com/rainsleeve.html
I dont know where I bought mine but I know they werent that expensive so you might look around some