Ok, so I always want to take pictures outside while it's snowing, because the snow looks awesome..but I don't want my camera to get all wet. Is there anything I can do to prevent that? Or does it even matter?
I've bought them at my local camera store, they're are very big, on a small DSLR. Or if your camera is small enough, you can put it in a ziplock bag, with a hole cut for the lens, and just be careful not to point it upwards.
I tend to keep my camera in my bad as long as possible and I think when I'm actually taking the shot I normally sort of sub-conciously hold my body over my camera body...I don't often take it out in any sort of precipitation, though.
I took my camera (D80) on a snowshoe excursion (see Jan 15 of my project) and I had it in a camera bag wrapped in a plastic bag. It was snowing so intensely and I was trying to keep it dry while plodding through the snow and then pulling it out for different photo ops. It was pretty wet by the end and I was really worried that it was ruined. Once home, I took the battery out, opened up everything possible on it and left it to dry. It still works!!! But I DO NOT recommend doing this to your camera and I don't ever plan on doing this to my camera again!
How about using an umbrella to stand under ~ of course if holding your camera and the umbrella is an issue they do have the hat umbrellas too. However, you might end up as the subject of someones elses photo if wearing one if those ;)
@sarahbear9995 I worked last winter as a photographer in the alps, we were always outside in the snow, the cheapest/easiest trick was to get some of those clear snap lock bags from the supermarket, cut a little hole to stick the tip of your lens through then close it up at the back, a little bit of scotchtape and some rubber bands never go astray either! Just make sure you make the hole in the bag tight enough to stay put around your lense, but not so tight that it stops rotating. hope this helps!
I use a plastic bag... but that is for rain... in the snow... I don't care... I figure it will not melt into the camera and before I go inside I just brush it off...
If you're outside for a while, when you bring it back inside, be sure to seal it in a plastic bag, like a ziplock bag. It needs to warm up gradually, otherwise you could get condensation inside of it, which will cause problems.
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I've bought them at my local camera store, they're are very big, on a small DSLR. Or if your camera is small enough, you can put it in a ziplock bag, with a hole cut for the lens, and just be careful not to point it upwards.
I've been wanting to take the camera out in the rain but too scared. Will now be looking out my poly bags