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Inexpensive water resistant cases for boating?

Started Jun 17, 2020 | Discussions thread
Yar1971 Regular Member • Posts: 409
Re: Tip over? Never did, saw MANY, had a few close calls...

Thanks for the link, rolled WP bag, saw it. But You know, that guy is slightly cheating    

I mean,  he uses his "pro" camera only from land, not onboard (the topic of this tread). The WP bag is here solely for safe water transport.

It's quite reasonable though, because many/most of the White Water scenes can be probably best  filmed from the shore (You know better than me as You're WW kayaker, definitely quite opposite to me).

In the film there are of course some moments filmed from the water. But I'm deadly sure they're not made with that big Panasonic. Just a sport camera (waterproof, on helmet or fixed onboard) I think. The proof is that these actions were filmed from a short, 1 person WW kayak while in rapids. It's 100% imposible for kayaker in rapids to stop paddling and operate camera (waterproof or not)  even with a single hand for just a second...

Regards,

-J.

P.S. I fully agree a hard case is more safe and reliable storage for "big" camera onboard, especially if one wants to use the camera on (calm) water. Quick access, but more space needed though, all true.

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