Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:27 AM 3/29/00 -0500, you wrote: >I've been on a number of "canoe" trips in Latin America... The dugout canoes >I've been on can hold 15 to 30 people with outboard motors so it is not the >two or three man ones people are used to in the U.S. > >The chances of one of these canoes tipping over is generally pretty slim, >but not impossible... > > >Duane (I hate shooting in rain) Birkey Hi Duane - Here is the kind of canoe I'll be traveling in: http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Photo%20of%20Week/photo.htm It's barely 3' wide, very tippable, and when you're in the middle of the river with rain pouring down, there is no way to stay dry. Sometimes there is a little piece of wood wedged in for a seat, otherwise I'm sitting the water in the bottom of canoe. All of my cameras equipment and clothes will definitely be sitting in the water! The "watershed" bags that Dennis wrote about look promising. I always carry my film in Tupperware containers so that's no problem. My clothes and I will always dry so it's just the Leica's I have to worry about. I hate shooting in the rain, too! Thanks - Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com