A word of caution on shooting in the rain..

[pvdhaar]

This morning I ran into something I never experienced before when shooting in the rain. And in fact it wasn't even the rain itself that posed the problem. I was shooting a lit tower from below. As I didn't have a tripod with me, I placed the camera on the ground, and fired some shots using a cable release. So far, so good..

But when I got indoors in full light.. Oh horror, that camera was covered in sand and crud that got swept up by rain drops falling on the ground! :eek:

This is going to take me some time cleaning it, all the while taking care that I don't make scratches, or have the sand work it's way into any opening.. :bang:

[Mr_Flibble]

Heh, I have a small handheld digicam that creaks and grinds from all the sand accumulated in it over the past 5 years....it still works though.
There's sand in there from Omaha Beach in Normandy, Ullapool in Scotland and Havelte in the Netherlands.

I wouldn't want it to happen to my other cameras :(
Good luck in cleaning yours up.