| Sign in: |
| Members log in here with your user name and password to access the your admin page and other special features. |
|
|
|
|
|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board
Shooting in a total monsoon of a storm..Advice?
Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
 |
New York | NY | USA | Posted: 8:03 AM on 07.31.09 |
->> later today I have to shoot the All Points West concert in NJ-an outdoor concert/festival. I will need to transmit from the location as well.
I have shot in the rain before, but never in a major thunderstorm-we are experiencing it right now and it is going to get worse later.
I have an aqua tech-but I am looking for advice from others here who have shot in weather like this, had their computer with them, etc.
I have the D3 and my "wet camera" (the one I use when the weather is REALLY bad-and this is the one I am thinking of bringing). Changing lenses in weather like this is probably
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated not advised, right?
Debbie |
|
Joe Cavaretta, Photographer
|
Ft Lauderdale | FL | USA | Posted: 8:50 AM on 07.31.09 |
| ->> the best thing I have found doing hurricanes is to carry a shammy. You will never really be dry, but the shammy can be wrung out and sop up excess H20. everything else is useless after about 10 mins. |
|
Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
|
New York | NY | USA | Posted: 9:00 AM on 07.31.09 |
->> Joe,
where can one be found on such short notice?
Do they sell these in stores-I have seen them advertised but they are always online |
|
Chuck Liddy, Photographer
|
Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 9:04 AM on 07.31.09 |
| ->> debra, any and all auto parts stores sell them. get a natural one instead of the synthetic. they are a tad more expensive but work much better. as far as the computer, I would see if the venue has a place you could set up. I eouldn't even consider hauling my computer out into the rain. that has FAIL written all over it. btw, could you please send some of that rain down here. it hasn't rained here in over two weeks....... |
|
Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
|
New York | NY | USA | Posted: 9:14 AM on 07.31.09 |
->> thanks Chuck-I HOPE I can find a car part store in NYC FAST
this summer has been the wettest I can remember. In June, we only had 3 days where it DIDN'T rain.
right now, it is the calm before the storm. They are predicting thunderstorms this afternoon into this evening-the exact times I have to be at the concert. We have to take a ferry to get there and back-should be, um, interesting! |
|
Jason Joseph, Photographer
|
Dublin | OH | USA | Posted: 9:26 AM on 07.31.09 |
->> I was supposed to be at APW. Maybe it is better that I ended up not going.
Good luck Debra! |
|
Eric Canha, Photographer
|
Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 9:27 AM on 07.31.09 |
| ->> Debbie if you are near a Staples they have an "As Seen On TV" section (least they do around here) and I believe that I have seen the Shamwow product offered in that section. |
|
Jason Joseph, Photographer
|
Dublin | OH | USA | Posted: 9:40 AM on 07.31.09 |
| ->> When I was in Costa Rica during the rainy season, I used a couple of the really big (like 2 gallon+) ziplock bags for things like lens changing and for quick coverage during emergency unexpected downpours. |
|
Alan Look, Photographer
|
Bloomington | IL | United States | Posted: 9:42 AM on 07.31.09 |
->> Chamois can be found lots of places. Any big box store with an automotive section will have one. Even an Casey's or Hucks may.
Worst rain shower I ever shot in I used an umbrella, but I as fortunate enough not to have any wind (rare). The rain lasted about 30 minutes, was coming straight down at a rate that produced at least a couple inches in that 30 minutes. The football game never missed a beat. |
|
Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
|
New York | NY | USA | Posted: 9:49 AM on 07.31.09 |
->> thanks Eric
Jason-I have a bunch of them left over from last summer from when we had the dreaded NYC epidemic-bed bugs (the nastiess thing ever-worse than mice or roaches). I'll throw one in in my camera bag.
Alan-we don't have a Huck's or Casey's here in NYC but lots of Staples so I'll check that out
Chuck-you're lucky you don't have to be at APW. The only good thing will be that since we had so much rain, there won't be dust dirt. A few years ago I shot the warped tour and it didn't rain for weeks. I was literally a pile of dirt from the moshers. I had dirt everywhere and my beige shirt was a mess (the cameras-oh my. I never did get the caked on dirt off of it) |
|
Jeff Stanton, Photographer
|
Princeton | IN | USA | Posted: 11:56 AM on 07.31.09 |
| ->> Debbie, Walmart has Shamwows at the check out lines here, so perhaps they do there as well. You are getting the rain we had here last night and it was a wild downpour, off and on all night. It's been one of the wettest summers I can remember on record. When I lived in Arizona for eight years, I used to wish for weather like this a lot, but we would go literally months between showers. Good luck |
|
Yamil Sued, Photographer, Photo Editor
|
Peoria | AZ | USA | Posted: 12:06 PM on 07.31.09 |
->> Rain??
What is that?? I live in AZ now and we haven't seen a drop in NOW Phoenix in months!!
Now, I shot the USPSA Nationals last year in Tulsa under a bitching storm!!
There was an old man building a boat outside the range and animals were walking in pairs towards the boat!!
I didn't have my Hydrophobia with me, but I had a buch of Op/Tech Rain Sleeves, they worked great!!
I agree with Chuck, leave your computer somewhere dry and try to not to change lenses either, unless you can find someplace dry!! Or, if you can, bring a couple of cameras BTW, the Rain sleeves are disposable and cost about $5 for two of them!! B&H has them. When I use them for dust protection, I remove the Front Drawstring and I gaffer the bag to the lens shade!! Just for that extra protection!!
Good luck and stay dry!!
Y |
|
Mike Huffstatler, Photographer, Assistant
|
Rancho Cucamonga | Ca | United States | Posted: 12:31 PM on 07.31.09 |
->> Debra, I don't think you need to worry about it too much. I shoot Canon, but I imagine the D3 with a sealed lens can handle just as much water. A Canon rep earlier this week told me the 1D bodies with a sealed lens could handle a downpour of up to 7 inches per hour. That's a lot of rain.
I got back from Cambodia last week, and while there I was out in some pretty nasty rain. Everything soaked. I only had a small Krama cloth to wipe things off a bit as wanted. I never had an issue. No water intrusion, no sign of leaking, etc. The biggest problem will be with water on the front elements.
Use your Aquatech with the D3 and sealed lenses (again, I shoot Canon and have no idea if there are sealed lenes with Nikon, but if so...) Make sure you use the lens hoods to help keep rain off the front elements. On lenses where you can, use a filter as a protective layer. The chamois mentioned above might help remove water front the elements. And oh,when when drying off the body, dab it off, don't wipe it.
I've never tried this, but it was once suggested to me to use canned air to blow the water off the front rather than wipe it. Just don't tilt the can and blow a bunch of the cold air on it.
Hope this helps at least a bit |
|
Robert Deutsch, Photographer
 |
NY | NY | USA | Posted: 12:59 PM on 07.31.09 |
->> Debra, supposed to and will do are different.
I shot the US Golf open in a downpour and both D3 bodies ended up with problems that needed over $800 to repair... even with Aquatech and Thinktank covers that never left the cameras in the rain. So if it really pours, have a beer in a tent. |
|
Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
|
New York | NY | USA | Posted: 12:47 AM on 08.01.09 |
->> hi all,
back from the MONSOON of a festival. It poured for 99% of it and became a mud fest. I have mud where mud doesn't belong.
My little Dell "MAC" worked BEAUTIFULLY. It's love!
I left the D3 home and brought my "rain camera" as I call it. Just didn't want to chance it and I am glad, especially after what Robert wrote
Back again tomorrow for round 2-not looking forward to it since the weather will be opposite-90 degrees with high humidity |
|
Guy Rhodes, Photographer
 |
East Chicago | IN | USA | Posted: 3:44 AM on 08.01.09 |
->> "A Canon rep earlier this week told me the 1D bodies with a sealed lens could handle a downpour of up to 7 inches per hour."
I got stuck in a torrential downpour with 2 Mark II bodies (one sealed lens, one not) that lasted for over half an hour. Within 15 minutes both cameras started to freak out (focusing on their own, mirror / shutter locking up) and eventually shut down. One recovered, one didn't.
Don't chance it without a rain cover! |
|
Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
|
New York | NY | USA | Posted: 10:09 AM on 08.01.09 |
->> today is round 2 of the festival and with all the rain we had, the grounds are ALL mud. The concert goers yesterday were dancing in it, and just walking around got me full of mud.
Would you all still use the aqua tech to cover the camera and lens? |
|
Les Stukenberg, Photographer, Photo Editor
|
Prescott Valley | AZ | USA | Posted: 11:46 AM on 08.01.09 |
->> In addition to my "normal" job I shoot rodeos and normally there is not much cover. In 2007 we had a four day rain storm where there was 10-12 inches of water and mud that completely covered the rodeo arena, my Aquatech covers performed like champs. So I'd go with the covers..
If you want to see what it was like go to http://www.rodeofotos.printroom.com then click on the galleries and select the 2007 Arizona Cowpunchers Reunion and Rodeo, look at any of the galleries, the Thursday Jackpot was the start of it. Whoever said it doesn't rain in Arizona.. HA |
|
Return to --> Message Board Main Index
|