Thanks for all the kind words guys! I really appreciate the comments.





Quote Originally Posted by pilotdane


Great shots and thank you for
including the exposure information. I've been using my 100-400 stepped
down a few. Maybe it's time I gave f5.6 another try.


Maybe I got lucky with my copy or I'm just not as picky as some, but I think it's totally acceptable wide open, especially for a zoom, and I've never noticed all that much of a sharpness benefit from stopping down. Vignetting on the other hand is pretty bad on full frame wide open.





Quote Originally Posted by EdN


I think Lowepro makes a waterproof backpack style camera bag that has
built in floatation. If your waters get rough, that might be something
to consider.


I actually need a small bag, it's very awkward to wear a backpack in the kayak and a backpack wouldn't fit at my legs very well. I have a rover already (not the dryzone one) and it wouldn't work at all. Ideally it'd be a waterproof top loader that's deep enough to fit the 100-400L mounted and maybe one extra lens. I don't think that such a bag exists unfortunately. For these photos I took the camera out in a tied heavy duty garbage bag inside my slingshot 200 :/ not exactly a perfect solution. The slingshot was just small enough to fit at my legs but wasn't great. Maybe a garbage bag or proper drybag inside a standard toploader would be alright.


I'm not concerned about choppy waters because I'll only be taking the camera out if the wind is dead. I'm more worried about rolling the kayak accidentally and watching $2K+ in gear die. Realistically I'm most likely to roll the kayak while taking a shot and not paying enough attention to something, so no bag will help me with that, but I might as well try to minimize any risk I can.