http://www.sagebrushdrygoods.com/

This company was mentioned by a professional photographer. They have
dry bags for SLR's. This is exactly what I'm looking for since I don't
want to go under water and I prefer to use an SLR for picture quality
and lens flexibility. I use a deck drybag (Voyageur) in Baja on a
closed deck kayak and it works great. The pro in the article puts the
dry bag under the skirt between his legs. Obviously you don't remove
the camera when it's rough and why would you try to take a picture
when conditions are bad anyway? Even if you don't take pictures from
the kayak, you may want to have easy access to it when you land.

On the sit-on-top, I would probably put the camera bag in small
backpack which could easily be opened and the camera removed for
shooting opportunities.

The only disadvantage I see to this system is that extensive use on
the water will probably reduce the life of the camera but that is not
a concern for me.

http://www.eskimo.com/~gluhm/bio/FAQ.htm



"Rick" wrote in message link.net...
Alex,

In addition to what has been recomended is that you can buy a waterproof
camera bag which can house most 35 MM SLR's (I believe sea&sea used to make
these, though there are other vendors as well). These bags won't allow you
to change lenses, but they are good down to recreational depths (some are
rated as low as 30 feet) if properly sealed. As with all such devices, they
must be sealed properly, without any sediment on the seals, to work
properly. They seem to run about $200-$300.

Rick

"Alex Horvath" wrote in message
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On my enclosed deck kayak, I keep my standard SLR camera in a
waterproof deck bag. I may be doing some tropical paddling on a sit on
top. I could put the deck bag behind me but it has a dry suit zipper
which takes some effort to open. I suppose another possibility would
be some sort of water proof chest bag.

Anyone done much photography from a sit on top with a standard (non
waterproof) camera?