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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 31
Threads: 7
Joined: Oct 2013
Hi
I'm in the process of shooting some overnight TL on a mountain.
Have done a few test shoots, and ironed out most of the issues (mostly to do with number of batteries and cards needed, and supporting the camera against movement)
But on my last attempt, having set the cameras going, I was woken up 3 hours later by a heavy rainstorm drumming on my tent.
Rushed out to retrieve the cameras, but not before a small lake had formed in the bottom of each lens hood (Both cams survived, but it was rather worrying, and I'm racking my brains as to how to solve this one...)
One constraint is that I need to use a wide-angle lens (often 20mm FF or 17mm on crop-sensor) - which means I can't build any kind of roof over the lens to protect it without it appearing in shot...
And the lens has to be tilted above horizontal, so I can get stars in the shot...
Have looked at a few completely waterproof casings - http://store.aquapac.net/explore-product...e-458.html looks to be one of the best that isn't a prohibitively expensive "ProLevel-ScubaDiving" case, but they don't make one to fit the Canon 5mk2 - and I doubt that the 650D with battery grip (needed for enough power to run overnight).
Hopefully someone else has encountered a similar problem and has solved it already ;-)
I'm in the process of shooting some overnight TL on a mountain.
Have done a few test shoots, and ironed out most of the issues (mostly to do with number of batteries and cards needed, and supporting the camera against movement)
But on my last attempt, having set the cameras going, I was woken up 3 hours later by a heavy rainstorm drumming on my tent.
Rushed out to retrieve the cameras, but not before a small lake had formed in the bottom of each lens hood (Both cams survived, but it was rather worrying, and I'm racking my brains as to how to solve this one...)
One constraint is that I need to use a wide-angle lens (often 20mm FF or 17mm on crop-sensor) - which means I can't build any kind of roof over the lens to protect it without it appearing in shot...
And the lens has to be tilted above horizontal, so I can get stars in the shot...
Have looked at a few completely waterproof casings - http://store.aquapac.net/explore-product...e-458.html looks to be one of the best that isn't a prohibitively expensive "ProLevel-ScubaDiving" case, but they don't make one to fit the Canon 5mk2 - and I doubt that the 650D with battery grip (needed for enough power to run overnight).
Hopefully someone else has encountered a similar problem and has solved it already ;-)