Comments on: Wet & Wild http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2011/07/27/wet-wild/ Travel • Photography • Journalism Mon, 20 May 2013 06:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Robert http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2011/07/27/wet-wild/#comment-1638 Robert Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:20:47 +0000 http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/?p=1320#comment-1638 I just came back from a 2 week trip to Guadalcanal and Tarawa where I was on a military historical tour. As I do most of my shooting on island locations in sandy, salty, muddy and intermittently rainy conditions; keeping the camera relatively dry and the lens clean can be a challenge. It's too easy to lose a lens cap, so what I usually do is grab the cheap plastic shower cap from my hotel room and wrap that over the lens and the eyepiece. It's easy to remove and if you lose it the maids will bring you a new one each day. That and my handy travelling towel keep most of the spray at bay. Also, I recommend using a camera that takes Compact Flash storage cards, as I've accidently ran several through the washer and dryer and all of of my images were still intact (and I'm still using the cards today). I just came back from a 2 week trip to Guadalcanal and Tarawa where I was on a military historical tour. As I do most of my shooting on island locations in sandy, salty, muddy and intermittently rainy conditions; keeping the camera relatively dry and the lens clean can be a challenge. It’s too easy to lose a lens cap, so what I usually do is grab the cheap plastic shower cap from my hotel room and wrap that over the lens and the eyepiece. It’s easy to remove and if you lose it the maids will bring you a new one each day. That and my handy travelling towel keep most of the spray at bay.

Also, I recommend using a camera that takes Compact Flash storage cards, as I’ve accidently ran several through the washer and dryer and all of of my images were still intact (and I’m still using the cards today).

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