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Inexpensive water resistant cases for boating?

Started Jun 17, 2020 | Discussions thread
SirHarry Regular Member • Posts: 234
Re: Tip over? Never did, saw MANY, had a few close calls...

Yar1971 wrote:

SirHarry wrote:

I am using a skout carrier cotton while kayakking, with my g9+100-400. So it is attached to me. There is a rain cover which will fit snugly when i set the lens at 300mm. You have to take the rock of the kajak into account so shoot at high shutter (ibis wont work).

Dont tip over. 🙂

Well, You may tip over on calmest water in the world. So rain cover is just a rain cover, no matter land or river/lake. For me only two general solutions give acceptable level of risk on a small boat which can capsize:

-Watertight camera/camera housing -90% foolproof, especially if You remeber to tie it to yourself/boat or to a piece of flotation - they just sink without it, You know

Yeah you fit that 800mm ff eq lens in camera housing. 😂

-Shoot&hide strategy = camera stored in 100% waterproof bag or box onboard between photo opportunities; not totaly safe and needs some care&caution, but certainly very low level risk on flat water

Wont work. You are simply too late with that heron flying towards your kajak. With the skout carrier you simply rotate 90 degrees and you can lift your camera out of the socket. Ready to shoot in 1 second.

Regards,

-J.

P.S. My friend has just managed to save his camera on the river after his kayak was tipped over and flooded by the current at the obstacle. He did it by periscope method

He was just in the water (shallow one, anyway) with his hand raised vertically above surface and own head

😂

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