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How To Shoot in Harsh Enviroments

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kalum.ko
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Search barred for this, couldn't find anything. Sorry if there actually is a thread already...

I'm basically wanting to start a thread on how do you protect/ transport/ shoot your gear when you are shooting in harsh conditions (super cold, snow, rain, on a water, storm, pow, climbing, back-country etc). 

Posts about anything which help you get there, and help you keep shooting when you are there.
Could be a question like: ' What do you guys do to not keep your fingers from freezing when you are shooting' 


I'll start off with a question...

1. I have yet to test what my audio on my VMP is like when it is cover with plastic, but I would assume it would not be near as good quality and maybe there would be some distortion? How can you keep your Body, Lens and Mic dry, but still be able to get good audio quality? Any body have any systems?

2. I was told that you want to keep away as much moisture as you can from your fluid head... I got a FSB-4, so I obviously wouldn't want it to get ruined due to it being exposed to to much moisture. Can anyone confirm this? If it is true, what do you if you when you are shooting something like pow when it is dumping?



I hope this can turn into a helpful thread for M&A'ers... I definitely would love to learn some good systems.


Cheers,

Kalum





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Juicy-J
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great idea, threads for sure
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dunesquirrel
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treads. wish i could add but don't know much
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Algebra
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once i wrapped a plastic grocery bag around my camera then at the bottom cut a hole to uncover the lens so the camera itself was covered and i could see into the bag and look at what i was shooting
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BolderPro
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When I shoot at the mx track I just cover my cam with a garbage bag or 2 and cut a hole for the lens... Its nothing special but it works to keep dust/dirt off as well as light rain

As for transportation I use pelican cases I have a couple and they are just short of bomb proof Ive dropped these boxes and crammed them wereever they fit and have never had a problem they are nice to have around even if I take a backpac I usually keep one in my car just to make sure i have a backup in case of heavy rain/snow/etc..

Only downsize is there are very large and heavy.

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1337
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^pelican cases are incredible, except for skiing. fucking sucks I'd go all pelican in a heartbeat
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rudedog41
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Bump...I wanna see some results for this thread!
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HWW
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Have spare batteries with you; put them somewhere warm (up ass) if you are in a cold & snowy place.
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.qzyxya
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Threads.
I wear liners under my gloves so when I take them off to film my hands dont freeze which works pretty well. Haven't found anything to protect my camera yet.
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123+ski
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ya, get good a filming/using a glidecam with pipe gloves/glove liners and hope its warm. Other than that, I keep ziplocs and silica packets in my pack to put my cam in for when I go inside, and I try to be careful. I also just bought an underwater case, and I love it, definetly a lot of cool uses for it, but I'm not sure how much on the hill
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TaranItUp
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I have a question, the other day I was shooting in the cold with my T2i and a tokina 11-16. Everything was going fine and dandy until the sun came out and it was to dark, so I went to adjust the aperature in my camera, everytime I changed it the exposure stayed the same. The only way I could get it to shift is if I went to the photo menu, adjusted the aperature then changed to video mode and the exposure would be the same as in photo mode.
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rudedog41
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what underwater case...is it for your gh2?
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123+ski
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yup, a dicapac s10
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direwolf
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curious about what you have heard on the fluid head and moisture

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Mar-O
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pretty sure you have to go in to the menu and choose manual video exposure or something like that on the t2i. I could be wrong tho because I have only played around with the t2i a little bit at school.
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Mag
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This.
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kalum.ko
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I was told that if moisture (too much of it, i.e. lots of rain) get inside of the head housing then it can ruin the head, maybe from rust or something. I don't know exactly what is inside of the housing. I have searched around to try and find more about it but there is no info about it
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.qzyxya
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Is this true for all fluid heads? I got the idea that some 'real' fluid heads that are $500+ use some different type of fluid/resistance inside of it. Do you need to cover the fluid heads from getting wet? I haven'd done this... hopefully mine isn't like rusting on the inside... :/
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kalum.ko
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I have no idea. The guy was talking about his and mine when he said it, which are both 'real' fluid heads. I've been careful with mine and put it in the bag when I'm not using it or covered with a jacket. It'd be sweet if there was more info about this, but for now I will keep on covering it etc. better safe then sorry haha
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.qzyxya
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haha yeah
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Jordan
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Weather proof bodies ftw. I've been in super shitty situations with rain, snow, freezing temps (especially in Killington - fuck that) but the bodies and lenses came out fine. It's worth it investing in some weatherproof/resistant gear.

As for the other poster - I use pelican cases for all my gear including my laptop. They're so heavy, but so worth it.

Plastic bags work great in a pinch - rip a hole in the bottom and stick a lens through it and then have the body in the main part of the bag. There's also lens / body covers you can buy which are great for photo at least :)
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Mar-O
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I just found this:
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Not sure how much it will protect your camera but I figured some of you guys might be interested ttp://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=easyCover&_sacat=0&_from=R40

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