...wise or foolish? Discuss.
I'm going skiing for the first time at the end of February. [ ... ]
Does anybody have any experiences, hints and tips about Alpine-style
photography that they'd like to share, please?
I was sort of inspired to take a quick trip to the local hill when I
read this, but apparently it was open only at daytime today...
Anyhow, I once tried skiing with my MESuper+M40 lens in my pocket, and
it worked rather well, but I generally don't expect to fall very often,
if you know what I mean. I ended up taking only one or two pictures at
the time, and took my gloves off when I did the actual shots, as far as
I recall. I can also operate the above mentioned camera if I keep them
on, but only just (I tried right now.)
Maybe a backpack would be more ideal for carrying the camera. Like
someone else said, that might be slightly hazardous if you were to fall
on your back, but in my experience, landing on your side or ending up
with the face buried deep in the snow is a lot more likely when skiing...
- T
