Learn From My Mistakes - Wet Weather Kits 

Do you use anything to help prevent your lenses from fogging up if you go from air condition to humid environments. I live in Florida so that happens frequently.

Coulda been saved by these preparations 5 years ago! Back when I was trying my hand as boom op on a small film shoot in NYC, we were all left entirely unprepared for the torrential downpour that our fearless leader directed us into. The scene was a war vet having a PTSD breakdown in a crowd of protesters, and all 30+ extras were dressed not expecting to get quite so soaked as our equipment either. Director was so enthusiastic about how the heavy thunderstorm and rushing gutters intensified the drama for the character, reminding him of his own experiences in the marines, and no department head wanted to be the one to argue for a rain-check. We each were scrambling to do what little things we could improvise on the fly to insulate the most valuable equipment, like the Sennheiser incased in a "blimp" windshield I had at the end of my 15ft lightning rod. AKA boom pole. Oh yeah and the script sup's pages reverted to soggy pump in her freezing fingers. Which was one of the few things we could have a laugh about since paper wasn't really expensive... But it got so bad that by the end of the night, when people were dumping rainwater out of pelican cases like in a sinking boat, my sound mixer walked off and didn't come back. I don't think he wanted anything to do with whatever happened to the rental equipment after that... it would've been a cool spontaneous adventure, if we just could've gone MOS, and been shooting on iPhones, instead of RED cameras. Anyway, at least the shotgun mic didn't pick up any lighting bolts for me. ☔️🤞🏼

thanks for making these videos! I binged watch a lot of them and learn many insights. Hope that you can return soon!

Came here from EOSHD forum thread and I'm amazed, you're so professional and the whole presentation of this channel is just awesome. You'll get big for sure!

Boring or funny, It doesn't matter: this video Is useful.

This is the best channel! Love learning all of this! Thank you so much!

Many many thanks for your videos! It's really helpful as a 2nd AC! Cheers from Hungary!

Something I never considered! Thanks for all the helpful tips :)

I like the rain bag to cover the backpack.

I can attest to keeping yourself protected in the rain!! I would add to make sure that it is actually waterproof treated material! Many of the things I see called "raincoats" are just to keep you dry between a car and a building, and will be no good if standing outside for even more than 15-20 minutes.

Just discovered your channel, amazing content! I'm a gaffer/electrician & have even done some VTR work too on Q-Take about 3-4 years running and I have survived a 3-month shoot ocean-oriented feature film with some location shoots on uninhabited islands in Langkawi, Malaysia and I would say all your advice is absolutely sound. Only thing I would add that you didn't mention because it may seem obvious is: 1. Spare change of clothes & maybe a towel 2. Waterproof shoes (I've had good experience with Columbia ones, anything that's made from Goretex I think is good. and try to bring a spare!) Even more for longer jobs which you can throw in the truck or whatever. The initial heavy rain is going to get your first pair of shoes wet when you're saving all the equipment. When things settle that's when I change to the second pair and the waterproofing helps so much stepping in all the puddles on location. 3. Your recommended sprays are perfect. I would also in addition to those sprays add a can of Electronic Contact Cleaner. In the event equipment does stop working due to getting wet maybe with sea water spray, (say your BNC got soaked in water) contact cleaner will let you spray all that salt brine out before it crystalizes. It's definitely on certain emergency situations when things break down and you're one day's travel away from the rental house. Silicone spray is also pretty good too for maintenance of c-stands and light stands. After they've gotten wet. If you only do short jobs well I believe the rental house will take care of all that once equipment has been return, but more than a week on tough locations it's good to do some maintenance yourself. 4. One more thing is heavy duty cling wrap. They sell pretty small ones that are about 2-inches thick, perfect for wrapping cable connections and such. It would have helped in your scenario of adding extra tape to secure the hole in the bag you made for the block battery. 5. In addition to or as an alternative to space blankets, tarpaulin (we refer to it as 'canvas' here too) is another alternative, not sure if it's cheaper or not but 10USD here can get you a 12'x12' piece! But typically the rental house will supply us enough to cover all the magliners. But on smaller jobs using your oown gear or working with a smaller rental house that doesn't supply those obviously it's good to have your own. Thanks for the video! Finally someone made one about rain situations. I love reading Black And Blue and your content seems more personal and covers slightly different, more practical topics than that website. You've got a new subscriber :)

With rain you'll also need a rainslate with velcro tags

What do you recommend for protecting zoom lenses in rain? Especially if shooting like an event in light rain like a parade, fireworks, or something that is on a stage? Those are all instances where I have been photographing in the rain.

Isopropyl alcohol have never heard of until this video. When do you use that cleaning material and why would you use it?

Hi, i love your channel, can u recommend any other channel like yours that talk about DP, or cameraman or Production for example?

Do you have a Panavision store where you live? I have never seen a place where Panavision equipment is sold besides online.

Is Matt tape used for matting posters?

Moving from the "environment destroying" plastic bags to microfibre cloths made me laugh. I know we have to use certain things as filmmakers that aren't environmentally friendly, but please be mindful that microfibre cloths are also made of plastic and have a similar (if not higher) carbon footprint. If you have no other choice than to use these things (which I don't actually think there's an alternative) please try to make them last as long as possible!