Homemade Raincover

I like to make things myself, so I looked around the Internet and made a simple rain cover for my Canon 70D with the 18-135mm lens attached.

I used a slightly oversized clear trash bag, so I can use the camera with my hands inside or on the outside. I can still zoom in and out with ease.

I cut out the opening using a filter as a guideline, and I secure the bag around the filter with a rubber band.

I cut out around the viewfinder without the eye piece on, and used the eyepiece to seal it up.

I don't know how much use I would get out of it. It's probably more useful when it's already raining, and I need to go shoot.The only thing that I think this would not work with would be possible condensation on the inside of the bag with heavier rain or if you let it stay on the bag.

I still plan on getting a real one, but this was fun to do.

If I want to take photos in the rain, I take an umbrella and a camera that has motorized zoom -- e.g., a suitable compact camera. That leaves one hand for the umbrella, the other for the camera.The umbrella method has the additional advantage of keeping the photographer at least a little bit dry.

If you don't have a suitable compact camera, the umbrella method still works if you use a prime lens.

Nothing I know of works if the rain is accompanied by wind that keeps blowing water drops on the lens (or filter).

I once bought a small umbrella that mounted in the hot shoe. It was a piece of junk. There are all sorts of hot shoe umbrella adapters advertised on Amazon, but I'd hesitate to put anything but a small umbrella on the hot shoe for fear of damage to the camera.

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