Jon R. Haskell
January 18th, 2007, 09:54 AM
On chance that someone in the readership is interested in knowing how the camera worked in this enviornment and traveling with the beast thru customs, etc, here are my experiances.
1. I did not use the Pelican case because of size not permitting me to carry on the plane, use in a small dugout canoe, or trundling in the jungle. I carryed in a non-descript athletic bag with custom bottom and side supports made from Pelican cubed foam inserts. When a waterproof bag was needed during rain and when in the canoe, I used a SeaLine 75L bag. I had Disicent (sp?) packs in both bags. No problem with customs coming or going.
2. having no HD monitor I used the focus assist and said numerous prayers. Only a couple of scenes were out of focus. As a newbie amateur, I was suprised and thankful.
3. It is a love hate relationship with the camera with respect to manual focus and it's size. For hand held shots, I prefer its ergonomics vs the Sony ZF a traveling partner was using. I envied his AF capabilities. I suspect/hope as I get used to the manual focus, this will go away. Always a compromise in life.
4. On previous trips with the XL1, I had condensation problems, but this trip which was equally humid and rainy, I had no problems.This could be however attributable to the SeaLine bag used on this trip and not a difference in the cameras.
For what it's worth,
Jon
1. I did not use the Pelican case because of size not permitting me to carry on the plane, use in a small dugout canoe, or trundling in the jungle. I carryed in a non-descript athletic bag with custom bottom and side supports made from Pelican cubed foam inserts. When a waterproof bag was needed during rain and when in the canoe, I used a SeaLine 75L bag. I had Disicent (sp?) packs in both bags. No problem with customs coming or going.
2. having no HD monitor I used the focus assist and said numerous prayers. Only a couple of scenes were out of focus. As a newbie amateur, I was suprised and thankful.
3. It is a love hate relationship with the camera with respect to manual focus and it's size. For hand held shots, I prefer its ergonomics vs the Sony ZF a traveling partner was using. I envied his AF capabilities. I suspect/hope as I get used to the manual focus, this will go away. Always a compromise in life.
4. On previous trips with the XL1, I had condensation problems, but this trip which was equally humid and rainy, I had no problems.This could be however attributable to the SeaLine bag used on this trip and not a difference in the cameras.
For what it's worth,
Jon