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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / February 2007Waterproof Camera Bags for SLRs
I'd like to take my DSLR with me in the kayak but I'm scared it's going to take a swim at some stage. I sighted an Ortlieb waterproof SLR camera bag at the kayak shop but the $195 price tag put me off (yes, I know, small price to pay for a dry SLR, but still a lot). Does anyone know where you can buy these cheaper online (I've checked eBay) ? Thanks. Helpful replies acknowledged, abusive trolls ignored. > I'd like to take my DSLR with me in the kayak but I'm scared it's going > to take [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > for a dry SLR, but still a lot). Does anyone know where you can buy these > cheaper online (I've checked eBay) ? What about a decent splashproof bag like a Lowepro Nova, and put that in double plastic bags? I'd probably include a couple of big lumps of styrofoam in the bags to assist with flotation. While I haven't tried this with a camera yet I've kept plenty of meals, a gps, radio, and my mobile phone dry with doubled plastic bags. > Thanks. > Helpful replies acknowledged, abusive trolls ignored. >What about a decent splashproof bag like a Lowepro Nova, and put that in >double plastic bags? I'd probably include a couple of big lumps of styrofoam >in the bags to assist with flotation. While I haven't tried this with a >camera yet I've kept plenty of meals, a gps, radio, and my mobile phone dry >with doubled plastic bags. Yes, that would probably do for MOST instances - I'm thinking of the time I'd take a tumble and have to swim and the bag starts floating away..... Wouldn't you use a coiled lead like a long key chain but stronger to attach it to a waist belt? Would you intend to use the camera while in the kayak?  SignatureJoan http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly : >What about a decent splashproof bag like a Lowepro Nova, and put that in : >double plastic bags? I'd probably include a couple of big lumps of styrofoam [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : Yes, that would probably do for MOST instances - I'm thinking of the time I'd : take a tumble and have to swim and the bag starts floating away..... >Wouldn't you use a coiled lead like a long key chain but stronger to >attach it to a waist belt? Yes, but we're going down a side-track here - complete waterproofness is the issue, not whether a bag is going to go floating off (and which is retrievable). >Would you intend to use the camera while in the kayak? Yes - that's the point, but with the ability to quickly secure it. Good folks, PLEASE killfile the troll GLIII (like I now have) - he made a promise not to mention my aged mother who died in some distress and pain in hospital last year, and he is clearly not prepared to do this. As well, he is also cross-posting to irrelevant groups I have previously posted to. This is the way this person gets his perverted kicks. On Feb 25, 11:14 am, "David Springthorpe (The Original)" <david.springtho...@idx.com.au> wrote: > >Wouldn't you use a coiled lead like a long key chain but stronger to > >attach it to a waist belt? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > also cross-posting to irrelevant groups I have previously posted to. This is the > way this person gets his perverted kicks. At least I don't get my perverted kick like you do, peeping though Ivana McAlpine's window (yes she told me all about that and your snowdropping activities) Gordon......who really cares????? This IS a photography group (or at least I THOUGHT it was) not some mud-slinging, name-calling group where all the little schoolboys congregate in a vain attempt to see who can be voted Most Nasty Person of 2007. Get a life and go walking with your camera!! At one time this 'used' to be a helpful group but those days are long gone! ;-( > At least I don't get my perverted kick like you do, peeping though > Ivana McAlpine's window (yes she told me all about that and your > snowdropping activities) >Gordon......who really cares????? This IS a photography group (or at >least I THOUGHT it was) not some mud-slinging, name-calling group where [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Get a life and go walking with your camera!! At one time this 'used' to >be a helpful group but those days are long gone! ;-( Er, that wasn't me - I was just warning ABOUT the mudslinger before I killfiled - I'm as tired of this person as yourself and would also wish that this newsgroup be as you state. > Gordon......who really cares????? This IS a photography group (or at > least I THOUGHT it was) not some mud-slinging, name-calling group where [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Yes, I'm very disapointed that my attempt at humour was seized on in such a fashion. I too enjoy kayaking & recently purchased a K10D. I am interested in keeping it dry in such circumstances & I will have a look at the bag mentioned by David. > Good folks, PLEASE killfile the troll GLIII (like I now have) - he made a > promise not to mention my aged mother who died in some distress and pain in > hospital last year, and he is clearly not prepared to do this. So just give me a minute to get this straight. You can racially attack another posters 3 month old daughter and another posters mentally disabled son for working in a sheltered workshop but no one can mention your mother? I think it is a case of what goes around comes around. David, you are an embarrassment to you family, I wish they could see the way you carry on and how you insult a baby but when the tables turn you promise to never post into that group again but instead change to a dog fetish name (Howling Doggy & Sick Puppy). Kenny Rogers may have said "It don't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek" but he meant if someone starts on you *not* turn it after you start the fight (which you are well known for). I hope you're old enough to understand, sometimes you've got to fight when you're a man. Thank you Ron >>What about a decent splashproof bag like a Lowepro Nova, and put that in >>double plastic bags? I'd probably include a couple of big lumps of [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I'd > take a tumble and have to swim and the bag starts floating away..... And since your in the water with it, you would both be floating the same way yes ?? Oz David! You have a kayak, an SLR, a coiterie of lenses, no doubt a pretty flash pack, EPIRB maybe GPS & you're whinging about a further $195? But it immediatley & report back in the affirmative to this group (cross posting to aus.bush so Roger can include in his FAQ). OR (I just thought) a 2nd hand Colostomy bag, sealed at outlets & inlets. This will solve all three issues. (Will remain with you, cheap,waterproof) > David! You have a kayak, an SLR, a coiterie of lenses, no doubt a > pretty flash pack, EPIRB maybe GPS & you're whinging about a further > $195? But it immediatley & report back in the affirmative to this > group (cross posting to aus.bush so Roger can include in his FAQ). What a tight fisted c.nt he is. His mum just died (in suspicious circumstances) and he's been squandering the inheritance money left and right, and now he's too tight to spend another $195. Typical of a man child who never procreated, and never amounted to anything. > OR (I just thought) > > a 2nd hand Colostomy bag, sealed at outlets & inlets. This will solve > all three issues. (Will remain with you, cheap,waterproof) David needs all the colostomy bags he can get to stop his sh.t from oozing out in usenet. f.ck off Springshit, you're banished. WHOOSH >> David! You have a kayak, an SLR, a coiterie of lenses, no doubt a >> pretty flash pack, EPIRB maybe GPS & you're whinging about a further [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > f.ck off Springshit, you're banished. Do we really need someone like you here? No, f.ck off, don't pass go, in fact a Vietnamese jail would be about right. | > f.ck off Springshit, you're banished. | > | Do we really need someone like you here? | No, f.ck off, don't pass go, in fact a Vietnamese jail would be about right. We are in favor of recycling, ..... like conversion into fertiliser :-) H > I'd like to take my DSLR with me in the kayak but I'm scared it's going to take > a swim at some stage. I sighted an Ortlieb waterproof SLR camera bag at the > kayak shop but the $195 price tag put me off (yes, I know, small price to pay > for a dry SLR, but still a lot). Does anyone know where you can buy these > cheaper online (I've checked eBay) ? Look at using a plastic bucket such as those that swimming pool chorine comes in. >Look at using a plastic bucket such as those that swimming pool chorine comes in. Yes perhaps, but I forgot to mention completely WP compact SLR snoot bag (which is what the Ortlieb is) useful also for very wet bushwalking. >>Look at using a plastic bucket such as those that swimming pool chorine >>comes in. > > Yes perhaps, but I forgot to mention completely WP compact SLR snoot bag > (which > is what the Ortlieb is) useful also for very wet bushwalking. I wonder how good it would be for very humid bushwalking. I almost lost my MZ60 in Brisbane Forest Park to condensation 18 months ago. It started out as a very cold morning when I set out with my camera around my neck as I've done many times in the past, and although it wasn't raining, it was _very_ humid in the rainforest. For the first half hour, everytime I used it I had to wipe condensation from the front lens element - after about half an hour though I noticed that even after cleaning that I was still seeing haze - the lens had developed condensation inside. Then a few minutes later the camera started snapping away by itself - I removed the batteries to stop it, and noticed that inside the battery well there was moisture. When I got home the camera wouldn't turn on. Dismantled it, and there was water inside the circuitry, almost as if the camera had been dunked. Left it to dry for several days dismantled and away it went again. The lens didn't fair quite so well - the condensation inside left marks on the inner elements, which even after dismantling couldn't be properly cleaned off. Thankfully it was only a budget lens, not a piece of expensive exotic glass. >> is what the Ortlieb is) useful also for very wet bushwalking. Thanks - didn't think of that. On Feb 25, 9:12 pm, D. Springthorpe <david.springtho...@idx.com.au> wrote: > >> is what the Ortlieb is) useful also for very wet bushwalking. > > Thanks - didn't think of that. The Pentax K10D is "weatherproofed" & certainly seems very well sealed. I doubt that Pentax would claim that it would survive being washed down rapids but it may defeat the humidity problem. I'm not sure that the interface between the lens & body is so well sealed. The old screw mount might be better there but you can't have both. |
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