Sand and the like

[iBot]

Hi guys, I got my Camera over summer and spent a lot of time in fields taking pictures of cows.

Now I want to go a little closer to home, I live about 2 minutes walk from the beach, I know of plenty of interesting things I can take photos of. But the weather is turning, it's windy as hell at the moment and i'm scared of sand getting blown in to my lense and damaging it.

Is this likely to happen? Obviously I will be trying my best to keep sand out (Standing with the wind behind me etc)

But any other advice you can give me on keeping my camera safe outside would be great.

 

[iBot]

My camera doesnt have interchangeable lens, what size do i need?

Thanks for your help in my threads



Model Digital camera FinePix S5200 / FinePix S5600
Effective pixels 5.1 million pixels
CCD 1/2.5-inch Super CCD HR
Number of total pixels: 5.22 million pixels
Storage media xD-Picture Card (16/32/64/128/256/512 MB/1 GB)
File format Still image: DCF-compliant
Compressed: Exif ver.2.2 JPEG, DPOF-compatible
Uncompressed: CCD-RAW (RAF)
✽ Design rule for Camera File System compliant DPOF
compatible
Movie: AVI format, Motion JPEG
Audio: WAVE format, Monaural sound
Number of recorded pixels Still image: 2592 × 1944 pixels/2736 × 1824 pixels („)/
2048 × 1536 pixels/1600 × 1200 pixels/640 × 480 pixels
File size See the table on P.129.
Lens Fujinon 10× optical zoom lens
F3.2-F3.5
Focal length f=6.3 mm-63 mm
(Equivalent to approx. 38 mm-380 mm on a 35 mm camera)
Digital zoom Approx. 5.7×
(10× optical zoom lens is used together: Max. zoom scale: 57×)
Aperture (Wide-angle) F3.2 to F8 9 steps 1/3 EV steps
Focal range Normal: Wide-angle: approx. 90 cm (3.0 ft.) to infinity (In High-speed
shooting mode: approx. 2 m (6.6 ft.) to infinity)
Telephoto: approx. 2 m (6.6 ft.) to infinity (In High-speed shooting
mode: approx. 4 m (13.1 ft.) to infinity)
Macro: Wide-angle: approx. 10 cm (3.9 in.) to 2 m (6.6 ft.) (In High-speed
shooting mode: approx. 10 cm (3.9 in.) to 2 m (6.6 ft.))
Telephoto: approx. 90 cm (1.5 ft.) to 2 m (6.6 ft.) (In High-speed
shooting mode: approx. 90 cm (1.5 ft.) to 2 m (6.6 ft.))
Sensitivity AUTO/Equivalent to ISO 64/100/200/400/800/1600
Photometry TTL 64-zones metering Multi, Spot, Average
Exposure control Program AE (B, √, À, U, ,, /, N), Shutter-priority AE,
Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure
Scene position √(Anti-blur), À(Natural light), U (Portrait), ,(Landscape), /(Night)
Exposure compensation –2 EV to +2 EV in 1/3 EV-step increments
Shutter speed 15 sec. to 1/2000 sec. (depend on Exposure mode)
Continous shooting Top 3-frame: Number of recorded frames: up to 3 frames
(Max. 2 frames/sec.)
Final 3-frame: Number of recorded frames:
last 3 frames before releasing the shutter button
(Max. 2 frames/sec.)
Long-period continuous shooting mode:
Number of recorded frames: up to 40 frames.
(Max. 0.9 frames/sec.)
Auto bracketing ± 1/3 EV, ± 2/3 EV, ± 1 EV
Focus Mode: Single AF/Continuous AF/Manual focus
AF system: TTL contrast-type, AF-assist illuminator
AF frame selection: AF (CENTER), AF (MULTI), AREA AF