Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 laid out 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