Bob,
Have you considered a dry cleaning bag? You'd need to be careful not to tear it, but it does stretch and you could handle the apeture and focus rings almost as if your hand were in direct contact. (I shoot an old 600mm f4 but have never considered wading into the waves with it!).
Mark
Erie Patsellis <erie
shelbyvilledesign.com> wrote:
Bob,
a little handiwork with some 6 or 10 mil polyethyle
ne, high quality
double sided tape and a filter would yield4 good
results,
for not a lot of money.
erie
Bob Lewis wrote:
>; Norman,
> Thanks for the suggestion, but have you seen how big this lens is? I
> have the gallon size bags and they are not nearly big enough. I've
> tried using two bags but it's just to cumbersome and it's almost
>; impossible to adjust the aperture.
> BTW, I went to your web site and tried to check out your Gallery but
> it seems the link is bad.
>
> Bob Lewis
> http://rjlphotosonline.com
>;
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> -- In NikonLenses%40yahoogroups.com">NikonLensesyahoogroups.com, "Norman Lamothe"
> <mainephotographer1955...> wrote:
>;
>> Use a glad bag.............cheap protection and bet you have a bunch
>>
> under your sink.
>
>> Yours Truly,
>;> Norman R.Lamothe,Jr
>> "The
MainePhotographer"
>> "A Life Time of Memories"
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bob Lewis
>> To: NikonLenses%40yahoogroups.com">NikonLensesyahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:47 PM
>>; Subject: [NikonLenses] Od Nikon Glass issue
>>
>>
>> I spend lots of time photographing surfers with an old Nikkor 400mm
>> f/2.8 IF-ED. The thing weighs a ton, so it is always stuck on top of a
>> Manfroto monopod with a tilt head. Most of the time I'm knee deep in
>>; the waves. I'm trying to find some kind of protection,(a bag of some
>> kind?), for the lens that will still give me access to the focus and
>> aperture rings since it is fully manual. Any
suggestions?
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>>
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