Today I shot a horse ride in Hatley, Cambridgeshire. The weather was really terrible, with very heavy rains which continued throughout the event.
In spite of my camera, the Canon EOS 1 D Mark3 and my zoom 70-200 2.8 LIS, being waterproof, I still had to use a rain cover. The humidity, with the extremely heavy rain is not a good friend for any expensive electronic equipment. It is a good thing that some of the manufacturers, such as Tenba http://www.tenba.com/Categories/Tools-Accessories.aspx, Kata http://www.kata-bags.com/product.asp?p_Id=230&Version=Photo, Thinktank Photo http://www.thinktankphoto.com/ttp_products.html and Aquatech http://www.aquatech.com.au/c--47--sportshieldprofessionalseries.aspx make rain covers. Currently I am using the Tenba which is not expensive at all. It is very easy to mount, but not the best protection to use while shooting portrait, due to water getting under the lens. Aquatech on the other hand is very good protection for the camera, but is much more expensive, and much harder to mount on the camera.
So thanking modern technology, that we have today, not even the rainy weather, can stop me from covering the events that I need to shoot! 
In spite of my camera, the Canon EOS 1 D Mark3 and my zoom 70-200 2.8 LIS, being waterproof, I still had to use a rain cover. The humidity, with the extremely heavy rain is not a good friend for any expensive electronic equipment. It is a good thing that some of the manufacturers, such as Tenba http://www.tenba.com/Categories/Tools-Accessories.aspx, Kata http://www.kata-bags.com/product.asp?p_Id=230&Version=Photo, Thinktank Photo http://www.thinktankphoto.com/ttp_products.html and Aquatech http://www.aquatech.com.au/c--47--sportshieldprofessionalseries.aspx make rain covers. Currently I am using the Tenba which is not expensive at all. It is very easy to mount, but not the best protection to use while shooting portrait, due to water getting under the lens. Aquatech on the other hand is very good protection for the camera, but is much more expensive, and much harder to mount on the camera.
So thanking modern technology, that we have today, not even the rainy weather, can stop me from covering the events that I need to shoot! 
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