Mark, A lot of the "home-video" variety kayaking action I see on YouTube and such often includes a lot of capsizes. Seems like paddlers flip a lot while being filmed or filming. So, here's my solution: http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071231/diving-mask-gets-geeky/ DL >I just hate to plug my own inventions, but here I go anyway. > > http://www.sandmarks.net/caddy.html > > I think my camera cradle make a great stabilizing device. Even as your > body > moves underneath, your paddle can stay pretty horizontal while keeping you > balanced. > At first, I too wished for a regular viewfinder, but really now don't see > it > would be too helpful. Holding your camera up to your eye in a churning > environment doesn't lead to good photos in my opinion. And things only get > much worse if you try to use a telephoto setting. I shoot everything at > wide > angle and figure I've just got to get in close if I want a good shot. > Holding my paddle out with camera attached and set to 2 sec time delay, > I've > been able to time some nice shots and keep my camera pretty steady. > > > Mark Sanders--A Pentax Man > www.sandmarks.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 25 2008 - 00:16:41 PDT
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