Camera protection
Camera protection
Wondering how people have taken care of their cameras. How dumb of me would it be to bring a good camera vers a disposable camera? I know about plastic wrap and the zip bags. But like to know about everyone's experiences with bringing cameras. Thanks
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AntiM
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My cameras always get dusty. I have a Kodak point and shoot, a old Minolta with all sorts of lens and filters and a digital Mavica that takes floppy discs. Each one has a ziploc bag, and they stay in my purse/bag/pack until I want to use them. When i'm in camp, they all go into a dry cooler locked in the jeep, except the snapshot one. Haven't tried disposables, but I bet they'd be fine for lots of things.
My Mavica gets noisy until I take it apart and blow out the dust, then it works again. The Minolta already suffered years of abuse, the playa scarely bothers it, the light meter hasn't worked in years anyway. Would I bring a new, expensive camera? hell no. I'd worry about dust, the film, theft, dropping it, the heat, and if I were getting enough just so perfect pictures. Crappy cameras that take clear pictures relieve me of stress and obsession; I get good shots, and me and my equipment end up happy. But then, I'm not a professional or an artist with the camera, so I tend to not be quite as concerned with it all as I used to be.
Also: used beater cameras on ebay! Yeah!
My Mavica gets noisy until I take it apart and blow out the dust, then it works again. The Minolta already suffered years of abuse, the playa scarely bothers it, the light meter hasn't worked in years anyway. Would I bring a new, expensive camera? hell no. I'd worry about dust, the film, theft, dropping it, the heat, and if I were getting enough just so perfect pictures. Crappy cameras that take clear pictures relieve me of stress and obsession; I get good shots, and me and my equipment end up happy. But then, I'm not a professional or an artist with the camera, so I tend to not be quite as concerned with it all as I used to be.
Also: used beater cameras on ebay! Yeah!
Assume that you will destroy or lose it. If it still seems worth it, bring it. If not, leave it. I brought a $700 digicam in 2002 that I only took out of the plastic bag a handful of times because I was so terrified of it getting ruined. It was bad enough that I didn't really get any pictures, now imagine how I would have felt if I also lost the damn thing. I'm sticking to disposables now, although I've debated picking up a $100 or so used camera that can share a memory card with the nice one.
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Apollonaris Zeus
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Hey I'm a professional- really!
its dusty so bring canned air to clean before reloading. If its digital, dust it when changing the bats and mem.
Leave it in the tent when its really dusty and carry a baggie when out and about.
Leave your expanding tele zoom at home or use it only when its clear of dust because the vacuum created when you zoom out will such in the dust and then you will have to get it cleaned professionally.
But bring your cheap and good enough camera, unless you're a pro then you have not choice- but I bring mine and haven't had a problem except the zoom type lens!
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its dusty so bring canned air to clean before reloading. If its digital, dust it when changing the bats and mem.
Leave it in the tent when its really dusty and carry a baggie when out and about.
Leave your expanding tele zoom at home or use it only when its clear of dust because the vacuum created when you zoom out will such in the dust and then you will have to get it cleaned professionally.
But bring your cheap and good enough camera, unless you're a pro then you have not choice- but I bring mine and haven't had a problem except the zoom type lens!
A II Z