Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not Pelicans. I have one of those and it's great but heavy to try to carry on your back! These are Dry Bags made of heavy plastic that roll down several times and then clasp together. They are great for keeping film dry, if there is no moisture in there to start with! Tina On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Tina are you talking about Pelicans? Or bags? > > It's gotta be good to have a flotation device near you at all times. > The seat you sit on in the airplane a comforting example. > Perhaps they should come out with a line of camera bags which look like > airplane seat cushions! In those colors!! > > > On 1/5/14 11:34 AM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > I used dry bags in Central America often when traveling in canoes in > > the > Mosquito Coast. The only problem with them that I had was that they > > not > only seal water out, they seal water in. In the very high humidity of > > the > Mosquito Coast, anything packed in the bag ended up completely soaked. > > > Somewhere I have a photo of all of my traveler's checks and passport > laidout > > to dry by the fire in the school building. My Leica's dried by the > same fire. > > At home I have a whole dry-bag full of film that was never > exposed because it > > got wet and ruined inside the bag. It's still there. > The only reason I > > continued to use them was if the bag was accidentally > dropped over the side of > > the canoe, it would at least float!! > > Tina > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 7:16 AM, > > Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > > > > >This one in some ways funnier. > > >http://vimeo.com/69173697 > > > > > >Or the > > concise: > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgO5EWq9WQ8 > > > > > >No ones seen > > anyone yet go "look there's a picture I better grab my > > >camera!" And open > > the bag and do so. Yet. > > >As those ducks would have migrated all the way > > south by then. > > > > Apparently not the bag for you. I'd love to use a dry bag > > like this in > > rough water. I'd open it to use the camera in calm water? and > > I plan my > > duck photos, often taking several hours to make the photo. > > Getting the > > camera out of the bag in 10 seconds or less is not a high > > priority for me > > because it takes time to work out lighting & backgrounds, > > the duck's habits > > and preferences, and allowing the duck to become > > comfortable in my > > presence. Good wildlife photos are not point & shoot. > > > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See > > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Tina > > Manley > http:// > > <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > __________________ > > _____________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com