India has an annual "festival of colors" where participants throw colored powder on each other. The idea is apparently spreading.
A LensRentals blogpost titled "How to Ruin Your (or Our) Gear in 5 Minutes" says that the color gets everywhere:
The color dust is very fine, tiny specs, made to stick on people as they run by. Because of this, the lenses’ weather sealing, front filters, etc. don’t even slow this stuff down. It’s throughout the entire lens stuck on every element, on the gears and helicoids, and in the mirror box of the camera too. And yes, that includes pro-level lenses on pro-level cameras, all of which are supposedly weather sealed.
If I want to take pictures of something like this, how can I protect the camera?
Would it be sufficient to wrap the camera in a plastic bag? Or would you need the kind of waterproof housing made for underwater photography?
Is anyone willing to share their experience?
Answer
They key would be to get something air tight as opposed to weather proof. An underwater enclosure would work but might be a bit expensive. One of the lower depth water proofing solutions (basically a glorified plastic bag with reinforced seal) would probably do the trick though. Just be sure to wash and dry it thoroughly prior to breaking the seal after you are done. You can find pretty decent solutions for up to 15ft depth for around $100 to $150.
I don't have any direct experience to know for sure what does and doesn't work. But I don't see how a waterproofing system would fail and I don't think I'd personally want to risk trying to use simple plastic wrapping as you need to clean the powder away before opening it which likely means submersion.
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