Are you ever worried about dropping your gear while in the kayak? I've been thinking about getting one.
With the type of kayak I have and the conditions I kayak in, I don't worry at all about tipping or dropping gear.
I use the Wilderness Systems Pungo 120 kayak which is very wide and stable. It has a huge cockpit opening if you don't install the cupholder accessory. My camera/lens sits between my legs/in my lap. The only time I'd be at risk of dropping would be getting out of the kayak but I just leave the lens on the floor, get out, and then get the camera/lens out. You can always put the camera/lens in a dry bag for launching and landing. I used to do this but don't bother anymore. I have a big bath towel on the floor of the kayak between my legs. I can use that as floor padding or to cover the camera if I'm getting spray from unexpected wind.
I restrict my kayaking to calm days on lakes or our local protected ocean fed lagoon.
arbitrage wrote:
With the type of kayak I have and the conditions I kayak in, I don't worry at all about tipping or dropping gear.
I use the Wilderness Systems Pungo 120 kayak which is very wide and stable. It has a huge cockpit opening if you don't install the cupholder accessory. My camera/lens sits between my legs/in my lap. The only time I'd be at risk of dropping would be getting out of the kayak but I just leave the lens on the floor, get out, and then get the camera/lens out. You can always put the camera/lens in a dry bag for launching and landing. I used to do this but don't bother anymore. I have a big bath towel on the floor of the kayak between my legs. I can use that as floor padding or to cover the camera if I'm getting spray from unexpected wind.
I restrict my kayaking to calm days on lakes or our local protected ocean fed lagoon.
First day with A1+200-600, results are terrible, mud like pictures, hardly in focus, total disappointment, i kbow it's my fault but i used to shoot with Nikon D750+200-500 using 3D tracking with more keepers, wish guys like arbitrage, molson, davev, billintexas, douglasl would be next to me so that i could learn few things. I had watched many videos on youtube, i mean i studied but appearently i need more practice. Only birds around were sparrows so i had many troubles mostly AF and tracking, eye AF, zone, wide i tried everything
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Uzay wrote:
First day with A1+200-600, results are terrible, mud like pictures, hardly in focus, total disappointment, i kbow it's my fault but i used to shoot with Nikon D750+200-500 using 3D tracking with more keepers, wish guys like arbitrage, molson, davev, billintexas, douglasl would be next to me so that i could learn few things. I had watched many videos on youtube, i mean i studied but appearently i need more practice. Only birds around were sparrows so i had many troubles mostly AF and tracking, eye AF, zone, wide i tried everything
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Sorry to hear that you are having issues with this combo. If you could post a few pictures and settings we may able to give our opinion.
A few from yesterday with the same combo.
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/6.31/1000s1000 ISO-0.7 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/6.31/1000s320 ISO-0.7 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/6.31/1000s320 ISO-0.7 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/6.31/1000s1000 ISO-0.7 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens553mmf/6.31/800s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/6.31/800s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/6.31/400s100 ISO0.0 EV
