Vibration and 300D

[jabtas]

Hi guys I wonder if anybody can help me with a query I have.

How resistant are digital cameras (specifically 300D) to vibration, I want to transport my bag with all my camera eguipment on my motorbike. I have no worries about fastening it securely I am just nervous about the vibration that will be present.

Hope somebody can help

Thanks

[SkipD]

Tim, I would suggest using a backpack so that your body absorbs the vibrations. Having been involved for many years in repair of instrumentation (similar fine mechanical systems and electronics), I would hesitate to subject my cameras - either my old mechanical cameras or newer digital ones - to the kind of vibrations they would have to endure on a motorcycle. You risk damage to electronic connections (the number one problem with electronic failures) as well as the many precision mechanical systems in the camera body and lenses.

If you insist on having the equipment mounted to the bike, I would suggest first packing the camera equipment in a shock-absorbing container (bubble wrap around each item, etc.) and then putting that into a good place on the bike. It would take a container that's probably twice the size of your normal bag, though.

[jabtas]

Thanks for the reply SkipD, you seem to echo my thoughts.

I am very reluctant to wear a backpack of any description while riding, after a accident a few years ago when a very minor spill became very painful due to me falling onto a fully loaded backpack (I still have a few twinges almost over 3 years later) :confused:

Looks like I will have to stick with the car in future.

BUT
I have just remembered my trusty Olympus C4000z, collecting dust in the cupboard. That is actually small enough to fit inside my riding jacket pocket, so maybe I can take a camera along

[PhotosGuy]

Helicopters are really great for vibrating things loose! Just so you know. ;-)

[Rob612]

Wll, if you really want to carry your camera on a bike - unless is a HD, that will destroy anything, including the bikes for its vibrations - try to make sure, apart the good insulating already mentioned, to place it in the less vibrating place. That is usually the bag that almost every biker (if you dont have one, sell your bike :D :D :D) has on the gas tank. The center position, plus excellent insulating material, will help a lot in saving your camera. It helped me, at least. But remember that in any case you are taking a risk. Good luck.

[quadphoto]

I have been carrying my 300D in a Tamrac Pro9 bag on the front rack of my quadbike for the past 18 months over very rough mountain terrain, with lots of vibration from the quadbike with out any problem's. I have seen Motorcycles with a tank mounted rucksack's, I think one of these would be suitable for carrying your Digital Camera Kit. I have attached a small snapshot of my setup. Quadphoto.

[ron chappel]

I allways carry mine in the backpack for the exact reasons others have stated.
However i ride very serious off road stuff- basically the worst thing you could expect a camera to endure.If you are road riding or doing more sedate off road (like the 4 wheeler above) then a decent camera bag should be all that's needed.As a precaution i'd maybe wrap the camera in some supersoft foam rubber before putting it in the bag to eleminate the last bit of vibration ...but that's probably being over protective.

As an aside :D
-have a good comment ready next time you go to hospital with skin missing.The hospital staff love to guess what horrible thing you were doing-they basically don't like football players,bikers,horseriders,etc.
So when they come out with the inevitable sigh and "so fall of the bike again hey?" say something like-
"No,my parachute didn't open"
" we were making a porno and i fell off"
" i got attacked by an old lady"
:lol: :lol:

[jabtas]

That is usually the bag that almost every biker (if you dont have one, sell your bike :D :D :D) has on the gas tank.

That would be the perfect solution

EXCEPT

I currently have a Yamaha FZR 600 and the gas tank is a false gas tank (actuallly the airbox is housed there) and is made of pastic and the magnets in the tank bag don't stick. I know you can get tank bags that attach just with straps but they are never fully secure.

Actually looking at quadphoto's post it sems that the 300D can certainly take a lot of punisment

[Rob612]

I know you can get tank bags that attach just with straps but they are never fully secure.

WRONG !:shock:

Sorry my friend, but IMHO nothing your assuption is totally wrong. Straps vs. magnets ? No way, I'll go with the straps - as I have always done in the last 25 years and 7 BMW literally worn out (about 160K km each, I do noe even know how much is the total but its really a lot :D). Again, this is my personal opinion, of course. If you do prefer magnets, fine with me but let me poit out something:

1) Straps - of good quality - would NEVER suffer from any hit o pull you give to the bag. Wearing out is a non issuebecause wearing a good quality nylon strap is not that easy.

2) Straps are permanently - or at least very tightly - fixed to the bike. Something well strapped on the tank would never be moved easily (as a side effect, its more difficult to steal it). Ised to remove the tank of my BMWs just unlatching what was needed and the pulling everything away holding it by the bagholder.

3) Magnets are quite inefficient if you have strong lateral wind.


4) Magnets do ruin the painting, no matter what type of magnet you use. Straps don't (or at least will do it much less).

Go take a look at Bagster tankbags, I'll assure you that there is nothing better in the world. And those babies use straps, of course :D

Just my .02

And sorry everybody for the OT.

[jabtas]

Whoa - point taken

[PhotosGuy]

Magnets & CF cards?

[Jon]

Magnets & CF cards?

Not a problem unless you're using MicroDrives.