Taghit Warnings Or Dangers

Cameras are not friend with sand but camera owners love to make pictures of sand! This is a dilemma that can be overcome if you are very careful. Do not keep your cameras in the open! The following is what I do myself when in a sandy area.

First, I wrap each camera or lens in a plastic bag (freezer bag) that I just fold. Then, I wrap the bag in a clean and sand free towel that I slip into a larger plastic bag that again I fold. I put each of these packets in my regular camera bag.

Only when I want to take a few shots, do I take one camera out and unwrap it with my back turned towards the wind. That way, my body will protect the camera as much as possible from any possible sand.
Avoid as much as possible opening the camera to change the lens in a windy and sandy area.

In the evening, I dust the whole material, cameras, bags, towel, in a sand free place (as sand free as possible in the middle of the desert), which can be the car, if driving. A soft brush combined with an air blower is very useful.

One trick I forgot: if you have large pockets, you might be used to slip your camera in the pocket of your jacket. In the Sahara, do not! Pockets are amazingly efficient traps to collect sand!