Black shading Advice

[Lliam Worthington]

Hello fellow Redusers,

I have a shoot tomorrow where the camera needs to be inside a rain cover to be protected due to nature of the event. The weather conditions will likely be hot, so expecting it to really heat up in there. Hoping others could confirm my intention to do a blackshade tonight with raincover to boost the temp.

Also does anybody use ice/freezepacks etc to help keep the cam cool in these kind of scenarios?

Thanks for your time

Best

Lliam

 

[Ryan De Franco]

Lliam, good luck tomorrow--'due to the nature of the event' sounds like fun.

To blackshade under the raincover after letting the camera record and cut at the fan settings you'll use tomorrow are about as good as anyone can get. Can you run the fan at 100? With the Epic/Scarlet design I have never had to use freezepacks though I have heard of situations where enclosed spaces and intense heat lead to that. Can you use a noga arm or similar to create a little raised space above the fan? Is this a raincover where the bottom is open but the camera is still protected?

I like Elaine's Ombre cover for many reasons, this is one of them. A firetruck lost the connection to its hose and shot water all over the camera and I. That is another reason.

 

[Lliam Worthington]

Lliam, good luck tomorrow--'due to the nature of the event' sounds like fun.

Hi Ryan, ha, yes, very intuitive of you mate. It's a "color run" event. Should be a hoot )

To blackshade under the raincover after letting the camera record and cut at the fan settings you'll use tomorrow are about as good as anyone can get. Can you run the fan at 100?

Yeah I can. That's a good idea, thanks. Much extra power draw running at full do you know? Never had any need to do it before.

With the Epic/Scarlet design I have never had to use freezepacks though I have heard of situations where enclosed spaces and intense heat lead to that. Can you use a noga arm or similar to create a little raised space above the fan?

Cover is a little tighter than ideal, but yes, will def do what I can to try to create some room for airflow.

Is this a raincover where the bottom is open but the camera is still protected?

The bottom can close, but I was going to keep it open and also just gaff a bit of a plastic drape on to give a better safety margin.

I like Elaine's Ombre cover for many reasons, this is one of them. A firetruck lost the connection to its hose and shot water all over the camera and I. That is another reason.

)) Ha! Fire hose? And I'm worried about water bombs Man you must really feel like you know your rain cover works when a firetruck takes aim at you!! ) I'm going to India for a shoot set in the "HOLI" festivities at the end of March, so this is synchronistically a great practice run shoot for me. I'm definitely a little concerned by the likelihood of people running up and throwing water bombs point blank. I came very close to buying the Ombre, only held back as I don't shoot with EVF, and wasn't sure about the config without one. So thought I'd try some other options, first of which was useless and I sent it straight back, second I just bought and I'll use tomorrow and see how it holds up.

Really appreciate your advice/feedback Ryan. Thanks mate.

Best Wishes

Lliam

 

[Eric Ransdell]

Lliam,

We shot Holi in Jaipur last year for a global Levi's project. And the only sure way to keep your gear from getting color-bombed is by using great local fixers. We used a company out of New Delhi and they were some of the best people we've worked with in any country. (Cameras didn't get touched, crew - on the other hand - got colored head to toe.) PM me if you want their contacts.

 

[ericyoung]

Think about a optical flat filter to protect your lens front too!

 

[Lliam Worthington]

Yes thanks Eric, sage advice, already a plan

Eric (Ransdell) thanks very much for posting. I'll definitely PM you.

Best

Lliam