Re: [Paddlewise] Trip Photography: Stablization

|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. :>)

Hmmm, the first part is a very, very, very good suggestion!  I'll see if it
works.  BUT! I'm a NIKON man!  I don't do C....n!  8-)  And people here think
that the feathered/unfeathered paddle debates where flame wars!  They need to
see the Nikon vs Cannon melt downs!  8-)

|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).

I have a SunDog bag but it is not waterproof.  But this does remind me that
there are waterproof cases for SLR bodies.  Kinda expensive but I'm going to
have to check them out.  I'm not sure they are gonna work for a good percentage
of what I want to do.

|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!!! :>)

And these are the sights I see and want to record on film.  KILLS me when I
don't have a camera or I can't get to it quick enough.

!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.

Given the average prices of stock photos its gonna take quite a few sales to pay
for any new boat!
8-)

Thanks for the ideas...
Dan




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