Blake Michaleski
EF4
I find that not many Plains chasers use any sort ofcamera protection. I have seen come using a portabrace type rain cover but after Arlene and Ivan , I really need to invest in some camera protection. I was using teh old put a gallon ziplock bag over it with the opening pointing down. put a rubber band around the step up ring to my uv filter and then cut that portion of the bag out. Well in tropical condition i still find that and excessive (and potentially deadly to the camera) amount of moisture is collecting in the camera. my LCD started havign a little noise across it adn i noticed the inside of my lense had some very slight condensation (even with the protection of the UV filter.)
I cant afford the full on scuba housing liek Jim Edds uses but would liek to see what a few of you are using. even if it's a home brew solution I'm open to that as well. I have a plastic weather proof junction box for electrical stuff that could work as it has no holes and I could modify it as needed. only problem is acessing the controlls while not opening the housing to allow moisture in. i thought of using the handle form a sony tripod that has the controls and hook them up externally on the housing and somehow weather proof them. a schematic of the electronics in teh handle would be super helpful but I havent been able to find any yet.
I cant afford the full on scuba housing liek Jim Edds uses but would liek to see what a few of you are using. even if it's a home brew solution I'm open to that as well. I have a plastic weather proof junction box for electrical stuff that could work as it has no holes and I could modify it as needed. only problem is acessing the controlls while not opening the housing to allow moisture in. i thought of using the handle form a sony tripod that has the controls and hook them up externally on the housing and somehow weather proof them. a schematic of the electronics in teh handle would be super helpful but I havent been able to find any yet.
