Keeping my 300D dry in a kayak/canoe

[jaypie77]

Any tips on bags or storage to keep the camera handy but also dry and protected from the water? I just bought a 10 liter dry bag from EMS, but I notice it is somewhat staticy inside. Do you guys think this will damage the camera?

(I called Canon customer support, they said it should be fine, do the customer support people know what they're talking about?)

[DocFrankenstein]

Any tips on bags or storage to keep the camera handy but also dry and protected from the water? I just bought a 10 liter dry bag from EMS, but I notice it is somewhat staticy inside. Do you guys think this will damage the camera?

Unless you want to make a "custom bag" putting a 70mm filter at the front, you would just use a big ziplock bag with another empty ziplock bag in there for buoancy.

(I called Canon customer support, they said it should be fine, do the customer support people know what they're talking about?)
I have had only one interaction with them. They said my S1 wasn't designed to accept filters in any way and that if I put a filter on the adapter it would scratch the front element.

(all of it bs) :?

[sparty314]

I wouldn't recommend using Ziploc bags as the only protection from water. Pelican makes great, indestructable cases, but they would require a few seconds to access the camera.

[Jon]

A good insurance policy and an Ikelite housing. Check at a dive shop and see if they have any of the soft plastic casings (can't remember who made them - very heavy gauge plastic bag with a molded-in glove and an optical port) for underwater camer use if (as if they aren't) Ikelite's too rich for your blood.

[robertwgross]

Get some Bubble-Pack. Stick it inside the correct size of dry-bag or else Ziplock bag. Although it is possible to burst one or two of the little plastic bubbles, you won't burst them all. Therefore, it serves as buoyancy and as padding, and I would not worry about static. All of this assumes that the thing is not getting thrown out of the watercraft.

If it is getting thrown out of the watercraft, then a hard shell case is the only way to go.

---Bob Gross---

[photomd]

Another vote here for the pelican cases. I leave my cabled to my motorcycle at vintage races in all kinds of weather. I've never had a problem.

[robertwgross]

The only trouble with a Pelican case is that it looks like something that should be stolen.

---Bob Gross---

[jaypie77]

Ikelite cases are about a grand, and I can't afford that as I don't make money taking underwater shots (I live in New England - cloudy water, trash, and no fish in the ocean).

Pelicans are nice, but they are built like a tackle box and I want something more like a bag.

So, any other thoughts on the idea of static? Has anybody had any experience with static and is it going to wreck my camera?

[robertwgross]

When we are talking about an enclosed camera, battery operated, with no exposed electronics, then there really is no problem with static (unless you live in Phoenix during the dry season).

Once you open the case up to expose the electronics, then you can worry about static. Once you have a power supply with conductors running out to ground, then you can worry about static.

---Bob Gross---

[Danny Boy]

I thought Phoenix had a dry season year round. :lol:

[boxer82003]

wipe the inside of the bag with a sheet of bounce should fix the static issues

[Icebreaker]

I use a pelican Case (model 1300) This securely holds my Dreb with A sigma 28-200 Zoom, Two extra batteries, an extra CF card and my remote shutter release. I just spent 7 days kayaking the Bay of Fundy with no problems. Fit nicely between my legs and whenever I wanted to take a picture I just pop the skirt snap and replace.

One little hint another person gave me was to bring along a chammie cloth to dry your hands before handling the camera

Cheers

[robertwgross]

I thought Phoenix had a dry season year round. :lol:

Phoenix has only two seasons, the dry season, and the dry heat season.

---Bob Gross---