Camera Glove or Rain Cover

[cgsrfr]

I'm looking for anyone that has done a DIY Camera Glove? I'm taking my rig up into the snow for some serious cold weather filming. I'd like to make a glove out to neoprene with some pockets for those foot warmers. My old HC1 would freeze up on me in 10F. I'm also looking for a Rain Cover for shots in snowing conditions. I want a shot where a snow boarder comes by and sprays the camera without messing my rig up.
I don't mind making my wife sew something up if I had an outline.
Here are some examples I've found
http://www.portabrace.com/category_50_32
http://www.portabrace.com/productA-QS-2

www.kitetheworld.com
Adam

[threadhanger]

Why not try using a shower cap. Cut a hole for the lens to stick through and screw on a lenshood.

[tcindie]

A garbage bag works wonders. I recently used a garbage bag with a hole cut for the lens, and then held a small piece of glass from a picture frame over the lens for a shot where fake blood was flying all over. Camera didn't get hit at all (even the bag was clean) but the director did.. :D

[Erik Bien]

I wish PortaBrace would make a rain slicker for the HV20; I have one for my GL-2 and it's so thoughtfully designed (velcro flaps give access to every control, there's a built-in LCD hood that works with the screen open or folded back against the body, etc. etc.) I almost never take it off.

For more "extreme" camera protection, my favorite material is polycarbonate (Lexan is one popular brand): the thicker weights are used to make NASCAR windshields and bulletproof glass! It's optically clear, can be cut with ordinary woodworking tools, and is available in 4x8 sheets and smaller sizes most places (look in the yellow pages under 'plastics'). Its only down side is that it's a bit soft, and thus scratches easily, so don't peel off the protective film until you're ready to shoot, and if it gets dirty, don't bother cleaning it, just use a new "optical flat".

[tcindie]

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For more "extreme" camera protection, my favorite material is polycarbonate (Lexan is one popular brand): the thicker weights are used to make NASCAR windshields and bulletproof glass! It's optically clear, can be cut with ordinary woodworking tools, and is available in 4x8 sheets and smaller sizes most places (look in the yellow pages under 'plastics'). Its only down side is that it's a bit soft, and thus scratches easily, so don't peel off the protective film until you're ready to shoot, and if it gets dirty, don't bother cleaning it, just use a new "optical flat".

You should be able to polish scratches out of a piece of poly if/when it gets dinged up.. But on the other hand the cost is generally so low for a small chunk of it that it may be easier to just replace it.

[tcindie]

I'd like to make a glove out to neoprene with some pockets for those foot warmers.
Adam

I would be hesitant to use something like that, as the temperature difference is likely to cause the lens to fog up, or worse condensation.

[cgsrfr]

I was actually thinking of going down to my local wetsuit manufacturer and seeing if they could sew up something in neoprene that has a water proof layer on it. If I can talk them into it I will post it back up here.

[superzero]

I was actually thinking of going down to my local wetsuit manufacturer and seeing if they could sew up something in neoprene that has a water proof layer on it. If I can talk them into it I will post it back up here.

Wetsuits aren't waterproof.