dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com wrote: >VARIOUS SNIPS< > The last part has me worried. I mentioned to my SO the other week that it sure > would be nice to have a small double so we could paddle together, not like the > subject a post I HAD to make a bit ago! Course I could use the boat as a photo > platform! 8-) > > I don't think she bought into the idea! 8-) > > Anyone have ideas on how to stablize the boat while taking pictures? Sounds to me like you are up to "needing" a new kayak. Tell the wife to look at it this way.., if you flip and ruin a camera, it will co$t big bucks, not to mention the prize winning shots that were in it. You could also compare the price of a new kayak to a new canon EOS(water resistant)along with a full set of canon IS(image stabilized)lens. :>) Seriously, have you checked out one of those camera bags by SUNDOG? I have never used one, but they look like a good way to carry a camera and a short zoom lens outside your spray skirt, altho I must plead ignorant to how wet the decks get on most kayaks. When water starts going over my folbot it's too rough to take good steady photo's of much, at least for me(telephoto shots). For a camera bag, I use a coleman soft ice chest, either the 6pack or the 12 pack, depending what camera and lens combo I want real handy. They are insulated and designed to keep ice/water in, so work to keep water out(from the floor). I keep the rest of my camera gear in it's normal bag(tamrac) and have a trash compacter bag handy to wrap around it. When I'm in my big folbot(an old super)I have a hard shell ice chest(48qt) sitting in the forward seat area, and that's where all my "extra" camera gear is carried. None of this is worth anything if you paddle in differant conditions than I do or have something less stable than a folder. Without sounding too biased toward folding kayaks(I am), just can't emagine myself trying to phograph a bunch of cranes, geese, ducks, rising out of the morning fog, the light an unearthy gold, and me swinging, focusing, bracketing, through maybe a 75-300mm zoom, and all the while thinking about my kayak turning "turtle"(did I mention that there was ice forming on the water)....not me!!! :>) You sound to me like photo taking is a big enough passion for you to own at least one "platform". One good picture sale should pay for it. James *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Sep 21 1999 - 09:48:14 PDT
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