The Other Bag You Should Have
I consider Ziploc style bags essential gear for protecting my cameras. Here in North America, it’s a bit chilly this time of year. But it’s also a great season for photography if you make the right preparations. One of my favorite cold weather tricks is to put the camera in a Ziploc style bag before I return indoors. By doing so, any condensation that might appear when the warm room temperature hits my cold gear, will form on the bag and not the camera itself. Once the camera has reached room temperature, I can safely take it out of the Ziploc. If you don’t have a Ziploc with you, then leave your camera inside the Lowepro bag until everything warms up.
Of course there are dozens of other uses for Ziplocs, ranging from temporary rain protection to transporting found objects. It’s definitely the other bag you should have.
Derrick Story is the Photography Evangelist for Lowepro.
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You could also buy a tropicalized Pentax DSLR
I was also hoping to see something added into this article about the LowePro DZ series; which are a heavily industrialized version of these small plastic bags mentioned in this article.
The DZ’s offer a considerable amount of thermal protectionand have completely waterproof compartments; and (yes) can even float.
Great advice!
Cool!
Wow, that’s a really really clever idea in fact! And the science behind it is quite sound
Good thinking.
Also in the southern states ( or anywhere where it really gets hot) leave you camera gear in a non air conditioned room if possible, and when you get out and go in the car, put it in the trunk instead of inside the vehicle (where you gonna have the ac on) for the same reason, so when you shoot your lenses don’t fog up.