Jock Elliott
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Troy, NY
Do any of these look familiar to you?
No?
Here's a hint: think feet.
What you are looking at is a gaiter, that funky cloth thing that hikers and mountaineers wrap about the top of their boots to keep snow and scree from getting into their boots. Inside the gaiter is my trusty FZ200.
Currently it is snowing to beat the band here at El Rancho Elliott in upstate NY. I was researching ways to protect my cameras from the snow when I came across Vortex Storm Jacket camera covers. That looks vaguely familiar, I thought.
Then it hit me: those storm covers look very much like my gaiters! The gaiters have a wide end (for going around the top of the boot) and a narrow end (for wrapping around the shin) and both ends have elastic . . . and a velcro closure
So I wrapped the narrow around the lens and the wide end around the camera body and went outside. It worked perfectly!
Below are some pix taken in the heart of the storm (Shackleton, eat your heart out!)
From now on, when I'm not using them on my feet, I'm going to keep a gaiter in each of my camera pouches.
Cheers, Jock
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No?
Here's a hint: think feet.
What you are looking at is a gaiter, that funky cloth thing that hikers and mountaineers wrap about the top of their boots to keep snow and scree from getting into their boots. Inside the gaiter is my trusty FZ200.
Currently it is snowing to beat the band here at El Rancho Elliott in upstate NY. I was researching ways to protect my cameras from the snow when I came across Vortex Storm Jacket camera covers. That looks vaguely familiar, I thought.
Then it hit me: those storm covers look very much like my gaiters! The gaiters have a wide end (for going around the top of the boot) and a narrow end (for wrapping around the shin) and both ends have elastic . . . and a velcro closure
So I wrapped the narrow around the lens and the wide end around the camera body and went outside. It worked perfectly!
Below are some pix taken in the heart of the storm (Shackleton, eat your heart out!)
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From now on, when I'm not using them on my feet, I'm going to keep a gaiter in each of my camera pouches.
Cheers, Jock