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- From: baldwin@frodo.colorado.edu (Dan "Viper" Baldwin)
- Subject: Re: Anyone take their camcorder skiing this season? (hints wanted)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.224714.22780@colorado.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:47:14 GMT
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- In article <1hvlf9INNji1@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bz754@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Derek J. Wojciech) writes:
- |>
- |> I would like to take our new Sony TR-71 camcorder to our ski trips this year.
- |> Has anyone taken their camcorder to the slopes? I would like to shoot some
- |> good action shots, so I would have to bring the camcorder up the lift and
- |> down the slope. Can anyone recommend some good ways to protect my camcorder
- |> while I am skiing and then stopping along the way to film? Would a hard
- |> carrying case (vs soft case) be a wise buy? I probably wouldn't film while it
- |> was snowing, but if it was would their 'Sports Pak' water resistant enclosure
- |> be another good choice? It's pretty expensive ($150). Is there another
- |> way I could protect the camera from the elements (ie cheaper!) Would there
- |> be any adverse affects on the camera itself due to the colder temperatures?
- |> I would appreciate any helpful advice! Thanx!
- |>
- |> Derek
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- Several years ago I took my Cannon 8mm camcorder to the slopes. All
- and all things worked well. I sure skied a lot more cautiously when I
- was carrying it. I do remember quite a bit of intermittent battery
- failure which I suspected was due to the cold temperatures.
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- Good Luck,
- Dan
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