MP-1 V2
hanging our in Yellowstone
“How do YOU deal with shooting in snow?” A common question of late so here are my basics. Understand be it snow or rain, my basic philosophy is if I can stand it, so can my gear. Now if I shot football and was stuck on the sidelines in a down pour with no possible cover for an hour, I might do things a little differently. But that’s not the case so I don’t use a cover for my gear when in these conditions. Rather, I have a dry, white towel tucked in my jacket that I use to BLOT my gear dry, I do not wipe! Blotting soaks up the moisture compared to wiping, which can force the moisture into cracks and crevices where it can cause harm. When I put my camera gear back into my MP-1 V2, it is as dry as I can make it so the moisture does not get transferred to the bag’s interior.
When I get back inside, the first thing that receives care is the camera gear. All the gear that got used is taken out of the MP-1 V2 and laid out normally on a bed. A clean, white bath towel then covers the gear until it comes up to room temperature. Once that is done, it gets thoroughly cleaned, every nook and cranny. Once the gear is all cleaned it get’s put back into the MP-1 V2 (or Think Tank) and closed back up. I then try to put it in the coldest place in the room for the next day. Surprisingly, the one location where I’ve had bad condensation problems is on the Texas Gulf Coast where there were no warm locations in the room so when the big lens came out, instant fog. But that’s all I do, I keep it real simple and for me, it has always worked.