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Shooting while skiing

Started Dec 1, 2020 | Discussions thread
phouphou Contributing Member • Posts: 911
Re: Shooting while MTB

C Sean wrote:

So anyway one day I saw one guy who's really good and stopped near the end of a red route and he was wearing a big backpack which is very rare for downhill mountain biking. To my horror he pulled out out of his backpack a Full Frame with a 70-200mm 2.8 and started photographing his mates who were coming down after him.

I would never carry a bigger camera than smartphone/P&S (RX100, now Ricoh GR for me) on technical trails where i could fall on my back and break the lens/camera, or worse my back.

My backpack (photo below) has a back-protection inlay, but i dont feel comfortable carrying large hard stuff if the risk of falling is significant.

I only bring bigger camera gear if i know i can keep the risk to a minimum, maybe the guy with the 70-200 was still in his comfort zone when riding the red trail. If he took bigger risks (only he knows) that'd be pretty stupid..

There's no way around big lenses if you want to shoot sport on a professional level...

RX100 - never end trail - Laax, CH

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