When you folks head out for a ride and put your expensive, fragile camera in your pack, how do you protect it? Wrap it in a t-shirt? Pray to the photo gods? Trust yourself not to wreck?
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huh, looks like the old posts on this topic have been deleted. i use a camelbak transalp, and put my camera body and lenses in appropriately sized packs from kinesis: www.kinesisgear.com . the E330 Twin Lens Pack is perfect for a small (20D-sized, not 1D sized) body with medium lens attached (shorter than 100mm or so)
Toshi said:
I was a little surprised not to find any post on here.
It looks like the Kinesis is soft. Do you worry about landing on your back? I know I don't worry about it when i'm doing trail riding. But when I'm say, freeriding or even snowboarding, I am too worried about crushing my camera.
I travel in ghetto style. Tuperware and Bubble Wrap. Nice and light.
Visit the local dept store/goodwill/mom's kitchen and find a plastic tub that fits your camara, then tape/glue bubble wrap on all the inside surfaces [lid too].
Camara safety for free.
Visit the local dept store/goodwill/mom's kitchen and find a plastic tub that fits your camara, then tape/glue bubble wrap on all the inside surfaces [lid too].
Camara safety for free.
i do worry a bit about landing on my back, especially after hearing BostonBullit's crotchety old tale about landing on a pump-bellows large format lens. or a 70-200/2.8, one of the two66 said:
. so i have to make a conscious choice whether i'm going to push myself that day, or ride with the camera.
I didn't hear about that - oops!!Toshi said:
Like Toshi, its either go easy or leave the cam at home for me
i am actually in the process of setting up a helmet cam. my vid camera is damn small (2x4x4 inches) so i found a small pelican case that holds it perfectly. basically pelican cases are cases that come from the dive industry i think, or somewhere. but they are waterproof to about 3 feet and are indestructable. you break it they replace it. it is also a hard case. that way if i land on my back hopefully all is good. but still gonna ride a little easier when i have it on.
I use an ammo can that I lined with egg-crate foam for my GL1, the camera fits perect and I just drilled a hole for the cord. The ammo can fits well into my Camelback Transalp and I hardly notice it's there. You could also just use a Lowepro or Dakine camera specific backpack and then maybe wrap the camera up even more. Also Pelican cases are really strong and come in all sizes but they are expensive.
Don't waste your time with anything else.....Pelican cases are the shizzy
and they're cheap, waterproof, and have a pressure valve on them (in case your doing like a 30,000 foot climb
http://www.pelicanproducts.us/cataspx4.html
and they're cheap, waterproof, and have a pressure valve on them (in case your doing like a 30,000 foot climb
http://www.pelicanproducts.us/cataspx4.html
I got a shockproof camera and it's even waterproof till 5mters under water, And will float if emerged in to water.
If i am taking it with me, i put it in my camelback ontop of the reservoir.
If i am taking it with me, i put it in my camelback ontop of the reservoir.
I've got a cheapo 2.1mp HP camera that I use for rides. I just stuff it in any open pocket in my pack, and not worry too mucha bout it. If I'm going with the SLR I'll probably not ride much at that time.
we package our $5000 video cameras and lights with nothing less than Underwater Kenetics cases:
http://www.uwkinetics.com/ProductDisplay_prmenbr=91&prrfnbr=5072.htm
I don't know if that makes them better than pelican cases but hey, I'll give our vendor a plug.
http://www.uwkinetics.com/ProductDisplay_prmenbr=91&prrfnbr=5072.htm
I don't know if that makes them better than pelican cases but hey, I'll give our vendor a plug.
Pelican makes smaller line of cases than Underwater Kenetics does......other than that they're both probably going to protect your goods.Kornphlake said:
how can you tell exactly what size you need? get just a tad bigger than the dimension of your camera?zod said:Don't waste your time with anything else.....Pelican cases are the shizzy
and they're cheap, waterproof, and have a pressure valve on them (in case your doing like a 30,000 foot climb
http://www.pelicanproducts.us/cataspx4.html
I use an otterbox
Acadian said:
Go to Pelican's site and it'll show interior dimensions.......
I just throw mine in my camelbak and forget about it, I wouldn't if I had a REALLY nice camera, but Its a risk I'm willing to take to bring home pictures from the middle of nowhere. If I'm just sessioning one spot I take my camelbak off. I've crashed with the camera many times, never had any problems.
That's because your sweet mullet was between the ground and the camelpak.....it's like a big protective layerT-Pirate said:
