For photography on the water, and sometimes in, I use the Canon Prima AS-1. It's two shades of gray with red trim. I bought this one in Italy. The US model has a slightly different name. Features are the same. Features are: Canon lens 32mm 1:3.5 A setting dial that easy to use with gloves on that includes an underwater setting, auto exposure, off (whole camera), flash, and no flash. Also has a timer. I trashed the first one I had when I took it underwater to shoot someone rolling and I had loaded the film hastily and not check the o-ring for dirt. The camera leaked. The film was ruined. Now I think I should have tried immediately rinsing it in fresh water. I didn't know that at the time. After that I got an Olympus 105 stylus zoom. Water resistant. I practiced a roll and forgot I had it on my neck. That trashed that camera. I should have rinsed that one too, but didn't know that at the time. So, as I was in Italy on Elba, I went to the local camera store and picked up the Canon AS-1. I usually shoot ASA 200. The lense is wide, so I think wide angle when shooting. Really a fun camera. Barbara At 07:57 AM 9/23/1999 -0600, Shawn W. Baker wrote: >Barbara wrote: >>I keep my waterproof canon on a strap around my neck and tucked into my PFD. I can grab it, turn it on and take a shot in about 3 or 4 seconds. And have it back in the jacket and my and on the paddle on the 5th second. Barbara< > >What kind of Canon do you use? Have you compared its photos to those >from the Pentax WR90 or WR105? I was considering buying a EOS Rebel G >and then getting an ewa waterproof housing for it, but the housing is >$190, so I figured I'd just get the EOS for land shots and spend the >other money on a second, dedicated waterproof camera. > >Shawn >-- > 0 > ____©/______ >~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ >Baker Brothers 0 >Brews & Boats http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ >Shawn W. Baker mailto://baker_at_montana.com > > Barbara Kossy Sea Kayak Italy http://www.seakayakitaly.com bkossy_at_igc.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 23 1999 - 08:46:01 PDT
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