Re: paleonet Digital Cameras for Field?

[deb@xxxxxxxxxx]

You could try using a plastic bag with a zip closure.
Get a UV lens filter, and cut a suitable hole in the bag, and cement or
glue the filter to it.
I have a Canon G5 camera, which has an attachment which will has a 58mm
thread on it.
Denis Bates
> I've started to use a digital camera in the field for sed and fossil
> pictures, but have discovered that the lens apparatus doesn't hold up as
> well in the
> dusty, windy, Peruvian desert as my 25-year-old Pentax K1000.
>
> Underwater cases exist for some digital cameras, but at $250, they cost
> almost twice as much as the 4-megapixel camera itself.
>
> Has anyone on paleonet invented or discovered a good work-around that
> allows
> a digital camera to be used in the field without getting the electronics
> or
> lens mechanism ruined by airborne dust?
>
> Tom DeVries
>