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The short answer is you don't want a housed anything for a rafting trip, esp. not a high $ digital anything, IMHO. The biggest risk for flooding is in shallow water too (less water pressure), e.g., while snorkeling. For rafting and casual snorkeling, I'd pick a nikonos camera (used V?); they're hocky pucks, take a beating, and have great optics. Scan the film if you need digital images. You can resell for little loss after your trip, if you don't decide to keep it for wet weather work etc. ;-) You can buy a nikonos for less than the ewa marine bag new prices. Even better, look into renting. You can often rent for a weekend or week at some resorts or rafting operations. Alternatives like rugged water-resistant P&S 35mm cameras can also be useful, if less rugged than the nikonos III or V series. If you do elect to go housing or esp. ewa marine bag, be sure to check out your insurance protection will cover such use (Pro? householder?) You may be looking at a 1% to 5% or worse chance of loss from a flooded digicam depending on experience and housing and conditions during use (e.g., rafting). The cast metal housings would be more compact and not much more $$, but you really have to have a good reason for spending these kinds of $$ to make some images, or cash to burn? ;-) I have at least a dozen underwater housings (See for example rollei TLR http://medfmt.8k.com/bronrollei.html and my hysterical bronica 6x6cm SLR ikelite housing http://medfmt.8k.com/bronuw.html , as well as some ewa marine 35mm slr bags (I like them for casual travel, surf and rain stuff, with cheap 35mm SLRs..), housed 8mm and even a 16mm film camera (courtesy of NASA surplus), hasselblad Superwide housing, half dozen 35mm Ikelite housings, etc. etc. In your shoes, the first thing I'd grab would be the nikonos cameras - hocky pucks, very compact, fit inside thin wet suit nicely etc. ;-) hth good luck! bobm -- ************************************************** ********************* * Robert Monaghan POB 752182 Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas Tx 75275 * ********************Standard Disclaimers Apply************************* |
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The short answer is you don't want a housed anything for a rafting trip, esp. not a high $ digital anything, IMHO. The biggest risk for flooding is in shallow water too (less water pressure), e.g., while snorkeling. For rafting and casual snorkeling, I'd pick a nikonos camera (used V?); they're hocky pucks, take a beating, and have great optics. Scan the film if you need digital images. You can resell for little loss after your trip, if you don't decide to keep it for wet weather work etc. ;-) You can buy a nikonos for less than the ewa marine bag new prices. Even better, look into renting. You can often rent for a weekend or week at some resorts or rafting operations. Alternatives like rugged water-resistant P&S 35mm cameras can also be useful, if less rugged than the nikonos III or V series. If you do elect to go housing or esp. ewa marine bag, be sure to check out your insurance protection will cover such use (Pro? householder?) You may be looking at a 1% to 5% or worse chance of loss from a flooded digicam depending on experience and housing and conditions during use (e.g., rafting). The cast metal housings would be more compact and not much more $$, but you really have to have a good reason for spending these kinds of $$ to make some images, or cash to burn? ;-) I have at least a dozen underwater housings (See for example rollei TLR http://medfmt.8k.com/bronrollei.html and my hysterical bronica 6x6cm SLR ikelite housing http://medfmt.8k.com/bronuw.html , as well as some ewa marine 35mm slr bags (I like them for casual travel, surf and rain stuff, with cheap 35mm SLRs..), housed 8mm and even a 16mm film camera (courtesy of NASA surplus), hasselblad Superwide housing, half dozen 35mm Ikelite housings, etc. etc. In your shoes, the first thing I'd grab would be the nikonos cameras - hocky pucks, very compact, fit inside thin wet suit nicely etc. ;-) hth good luck! bobm -- ************************************************** ********************* * Robert Monaghan POB 752182 Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas Tx 75275 * ********************Standard Disclaimers Apply************************* |
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says... In your shoes, the first thing I'd grab would be the nikonos cameras - hocky pucks, very compact, fit inside thin wet suit nicely etc. ;-) Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that, even though I'm enjoying the extra desk space not taken up by a scanner! I guess the other option would be getting a cheap P&S digital and one of the molded housings for them. Those seem to be fairly simple and allow full functionality, and if it drowns - well, not AS big of a deal! -- http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/ |
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Brian C. Baird wrote in message ...
In article , says... In your shoes, the first thing I'd grab would be the nikonos cameras - hocky pucks, very compact, fit inside thin wet suit nicely etc. ;-) Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that, even though I'm enjoying the extra desk space not taken up by a scanner! I guess the other option would be getting a cheap P&S digital and one of the molded housings for them. Those seem to be fairly simple and allow full functionality, and if it drowns - well, not AS big of a deal! I went the route of the Ewa Marine's U-AXP for my snorkeling trip to the Caribbean. I was very pleased with the result My Canon Digital Rebel stayed completely dry. Here are some photos of the housing plus some examples of photos I took : http://www.mikewelch.com/photogaller...water_housing/ I was glad I made the decision to use the DR and not a P&S. Good Luck, -Mike |
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Brian C. Baird wrote in message ...
In article , says... In your shoes, the first thing I'd grab would be the nikonos cameras - hocky pucks, very compact, fit inside thin wet suit nicely etc. ;-) Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that, even though I'm enjoying the extra desk space not taken up by a scanner! I guess the other option would be getting a cheap P&S digital and one of the molded housings for them. Those seem to be fairly simple and allow full functionality, and if it drowns - well, not AS big of a deal! I went the route of the Ewa Marine's U-AXP for my snorkeling trip to the Caribbean. I was very pleased with the result My Canon Digital Rebel stayed completely dry. Here are some photos of the housing plus some examples of photos I took : http://www.mikewelch.com/photogaller...water_housing/ I was glad I made the decision to use the DR and not a P&S. Good Luck, -Mike |
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