Re: [Paddlewise] Waterproof Digitals

From: WhiteRabbit <whiterabbit_0117_at_charter.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:09:46 -0600
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When you are grabbing shots in a moving kayak framing isn't always what you
would do on dry land with a tripod.   Usually you grab a larger image than
what you really want and then crop it in the computer.  The part of the
image that I actually use is frequently half or less of what I shot.  The
vast expanse of the outdoors also leads to quite a bit of cropping.  With
the 105 - 115 mm max focal length of most compact cameras it is sometimes
hard to get close enough to what you are shooting to fill the viewfinder.

That being said, I use a Canon S30 with Canon housing and have no complaints
with the image quality even after cropping.  This is a 3.2 MP camera.

Images of my backcountry Yellowstone trip on Shoshone Lake are at
http://www.siue.edu/~rwashbu/Page.html  These were all taken with the
camera.
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