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Can you use the Sony ZV-1 camera in the rain? I want a weatherproof rain cover or protective coat to use in rain, storms and bad weather.
I'm trying out THIS: JJC RI-S weatherproof rain cover in a heavy rain storm with a BOYA BY-M1 lavalier microphone on my Sony ZV 1 camera.
In the video I'm putting on the camera and showing if it can be attached around the lens, then taking it outside in the rain to see if I can still vlog with the Sony ZV1.
TRANSCRIPT: (CLICK PLAY ON THE VIDEO ABOVE)
Hello I’m Neil, welcome back to the happy hut.
I know what you're thinking.
THIS IS THE TRANSCRIPT - CLICK PLAY ON THE VIDEO ABOVE!
Can you use the Sony ZV1 camera or ZV-1 camera outdoors in the rain?
In bad weather? In a thunderstorm or even snow?
I don't know but I’m about to find out because I bought this.
It's the JJC rain cover, but I’m not quite ready to try it out.
I probably need something like this?
Ahh, this is more like it, so can you use your Sony ZV 1 camera or ZV1 out in the rain or in bad weather?
What is the best waterproof jacket or weatherproof cover that you can get for your Sony ZV1 camera?
I’m using it right now: this is the JJC rain cover, I bought it on Amazon.
I’ve got a link in the description from which I earn a commission if you buy it from that link.
I’m going to show you how I put this rain jacket on, I’m going to do an unboxing.
I guess it's a bit of a review because I’m actually filming with it right now so you'll be able to see if this is something that you want to do... to... to weatherproof your Sony ZV 1 camera because I want you to see what it's like actually filming in the rain, so I’m doing a lot of talking just so you get a sense of whether or not this kind of weatherproof protection for your Sony ZV 1 is something that you might try out on your camera.
This is what comes inside the pack and then... well you get two!
Fantastic!
This is what comes in the pack.
It looks like a bag.
It's basically a bag with no bottom, so I’m just gonna put this over the camera.
I’m gonna wrap this around my ZV1 lens.
I’m not being paid by JJC for any of this, but I’ve got a JJC lens adapter that's stuck onto the end of the ZV1 lens.
That gives me something for this cord to wrap around and also hopefully this UV lens will sort of protect the mechanism inside.
Now what I really don't want to happen is for the camera to turn off and to retract the lens.
That's the only downside I’ve just suddenly thought about with this with this lens... that's gone!
It's gone it's gone!
It's exactly what I want... didn't want to happen.
It's stuck halfway and there's an error message: Turn power off then on.
So it stopped itself.
It could tell there's an obstruction.
Okay now it's back in, so turn it back on again.
And okay that works.
You can't let it turn off, otherwise it will jam up the mechanism, so what I might do is to just kind of fashion a lens hole but not obstruct it if it turns off!
Now that I know that the camera is running, I know that the lens isn't going to retract.
So this is my Sony ZV1 or ZV-1 camera operating out in the rain, and so long as the camera is running so that the lens doesn't retract I... I didn't realize that that would be the biggest concern.
I thought my biggest concern was the camera getting wet but because I have my lens adapter and I’ve got a UV filter protecting the lens, I’ve got the rain cover just behind it - no rain seems to be leaking in.
This seems to work!
I can't believe I’ve got my Sony ZV1 - whoa!
I’ve got my Sony ZV1 out in the rain!
Let's elevate it a bit so that, oh, it's more head height.
This is a bit of a cumbersome s hoot but I think if I keep talking and filming and keep looking at each camera, you'll get a sense of what's going on, and basically I just want to keep talking to test that my Sony ZV-1 camera can actually cope with shooting in the rain, with this JJC rain cover protecting it.
So what do you think?
Is this something you would do with your Sony ZV 1?
Leave me a comment - uh - leave me a message in the comments below.
I made a whole other video about some other things I’ve used to protect my Sony ZV1 camera.
This video here is my unboxing of the... the lens adapter ring.
You basically stick it to the front of your Sony ZV1.
Also I’ve got a screen protector for the Sony ZV1 camera monitor display screen.
All of these videos by the way are in the description below.
Now I’ve been filming for about five minutes so just want to show you what I’m actually looking at.
I’ll show you how the... the ZV1 is coping.
As you can see the-- the rain jacket has kind of collected some rain, but it looks like the camera is completely protected.
The great way with this design of having the bag with no bottom is if I can actually show you - I can put my hand up inside the bag and I can make any adjustments that I need to.
I could, if I wanted to, put my hand underneath and flip the monitor.
And make any adjustments I need either with the buttons or the... the touchscreen here.
If this is something that you might like to try out for your camera, I’ll put links to the JJC Sony ZV1 camera rain jacket - this weatherproof jacket.
That link is in the description.
If you click on that, Amazon shower coins on me.
Not rain, they shower actual money on me at no extra cost to you so thanks so much if you buy stuff using those links in the description.
I’m going to keep talking now till I get absolutely drenched just for your viewing pleasure so if you give me a thumbs up, I’ll know that someone reached this point of the video.
Really appreciate you being there.
Now let's take the rain cover off.
I’ll take off the drawstring...
Great, so as you can see the main camera body is completely dry, and that's fantastic considering we are in a storm right now, so this is absolutely brilliant.
The thing to watch out for obviously is here: we don't want water to go into the camera body when the camera switches off.
Put the jacket on while you're recording so that the... the camera doesn't retract the lens.
We really don't want to retract the lens while there's water on the barrel there.
I’m going to be really careful about drying off this exterior.
This is the part of the review or the test of the JJC rain cover I was looking forward to: the walking in the park in the very heavy rain, but I’ve got a little problem that's just occurred.
Because I’ve gone from indoors to outdoors, the lens adapter UV filter that I put on my ZV 1. Sorry I’m trying not to tread in deep mud, as you can see it's fogged up.
Basically we've had a change in temperature.
It's fogged up on the... on the inside.
I’m going to take this off now and that should be better but now my lens is completely unprotected, but if I tilt it down, the ring doesn't seem to be hitting it.
This might work if you're not going from inside to outside a lot.
Shall I give it a lick?
I don't know why I’m thinking that giving this a lick will somehow stop the fogging up?
I’m probably thinking of that moment in “Jaws” with Richard Dreyfus.
Yeah alright, I’ll give it a lick and we'll see if that stops it fogging up.
I’m cleaning it very elegantly on my jogging bottoms.
Let's put it back on see what happens.
There I know it's not ideal but I’ll keep it like this for a moment just--
Just to show you what it's like, what I’m doing with the sound is I’m using my Boya BY-M1 clip-on lavalier microphone.
There's a whole unboxing and audio test review video that I made in this very park.
That's on screen now and the link to that is inevitably in the description, but I am now walking around in very, very heavy rain with my JJC rain cover on my Sony ZV1 camera.
But this could be quite exciting, couldn't it?
If you do want to go out in some extreme conditions, this seems to work quite well.
This is what I can see: this is my Sony ZV-1 camera with the JJC rain cover - rain jacket, uh protecting it.
I’ve got a really nice my favourite hand grip.
What do you think?
It'd be great to hear from you - sorry I might need to wipe the lens.
It's really made things much worse.
What do you think?
Is this something you would use on your camera?
Leave me a comment or just say hi, it'd be great to hear from you.
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Can I go indoors now?
It's a bit cold.
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