salt danger?

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ST_

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Hi,

Is there any risk using a DVX at the beach - salt water, there is an amount of saltwater mist in the air. I will be there for about two hours. What caution should i take to prevent damage to the camera (yes i know not to drop it in the water:beer: ).


Do i just use this cleaning kit afterwards?
http://www.videoguys.com.au/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=1516


also i want to buy a Polarizing filter to stick in front of it, (i think this will protect it)

is this a filter that will work with the dvx
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15220&item=7517193091&rd=1

or this
http://www.qualitycamera.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=20&products_id=1158&osCsid=22d2df58dfe483d9f2ea1e45a086c554

or any other recommodations?
Thanks again
ST_
 
A polarizing filter will help you bring out the tones in the sky & water, which is great. (As well as keep you from seeing your reflection in glass).

As for the salt water thing, I have not used my DVX at the beach, but I was on a project a couple of years back with a friends who was using his VX2000 on the beach and it got jamed up because sand got into the camera (Do to some wind). I think that you'll have to worry about sand more then you will the salt water. I would recommend getting one of those rain covers for your camera and using that. It'll keep the sand out of it as well as keep the camera dry.

you can get one here for $67
http://www.powermax.com/cgi-global/generate_css_temp.cgi?p=dv-kt-va-801-14
 
Sand is definately your biggest enemy when at the beach. I've heard stories of people that had to disassemble the whole camera to get all the grains of sand out.
 
I shoot out in the desert alot and what I do is get some 1" gaf tape and tape all around the tape door. That way porventing sand from getting into the rec heads.
 
thanks for your help everyone.

The surface i will be on is rock, but its still at the beach and there will be sand 200m away so i guess i need to look out for that.

If sands just a problem for the recording heads i will glad wrap (plastic rap) the camera, but i cant put it in front of the lens, can the lens be damaged by sand or salt?
 
I would recommend covering your camera regardless of being on rock or not. Murphy's law says that if you prepare for the worst nothing will happen, if you don't prepare the worst will happen.

I can't see the lens being damaged by sand or salt, unless one of two things happens - Sand gets inbetween the gears of the focus and/or zoom ring - from being uncovered; or you plan on draging you camera along the sand. The lens should be fine.

One MUST have, if you do not have it already is a UV filter for your camera. It will not effect your image at all (It just get's rid of the UV rays, which you can't see anyway.), but most importantly it will protect you lens from any scrapes, or scratches. It is a lot easier, and cheaper to replace a $20 filter then to have to have the lens replaced.

I hope your shoot goes well.
 
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