Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

Ok, I'll bite...

If you are on a nude beach, just *where* do you hide the camera???

:oops:

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Good point! :XD:

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

Jerry,

I can't agree with you on this one. I've been taking my cameras-- film types, boxed auto nothing, SLRs with split circle focus & zoom lenses, digital pocket types (Canon's) and 60D DSLR with different lenses out on boats (coastal ME to NC) and cruise ships for 50+ years with out any problems, except maybe battery life :( , without any problems) . I do try to keep them in the cockpit and out of spray, with the neck strap around something solid--not necessarily me--and the lens protected by a filter; if they do get wet, I wipe them down at the first opportunity. I do have some concern about taking them in the dinghy and then put them in an easy to access, seal-able, water proof baggy.

I have also taken them out on the beach with a filter on the lens, but I'm not much of a "beach person" so that's very infrequent. Walking the beach is fine, sitting down on the sand with the camera even if you are on a blanket is, IMHO, not good practice.

Reasonable care is what is needed.

Leitz Loc: Solms

Stay upwind!

MontanaTrace

As a hunter, we stay downwind but that means, we're upwind to something else. Dedicated hunters spray themselves with the urine of a buck. Pretty sure that won't transfer to humans at a nude beach. smile

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

That would depend completely on how big the camera is, and, as with most of life, YOUR resourcefulness!! :lol:
SS

banjonut Loc: Southern Michigan

Perhaps a rain sleeve to help keep out sand and blowing salt.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

I shoot on the beach a lot. I recommend using a filter, either a CP filter or a Protector filter. Both will protect the lens glass from salt spray and blowing and kicked up sand.
After the shoot be sure to wipe down your camera body and lens with a damp cloth.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

The beach? I always recommend leaving your camera at home. You're correct, sand and cameras of any kind don't get along. So many sob stories about "I took my camera to the beach and now..."

btbg

Beach volleyball is a lot of fun to photography. Just protect your camera. If you are going to lie on the ground to get a different shooting angle wrap a towel or something around your lens to keep from getting sand on or in it. Otherwise there should be no issues at all.

what access are you going to have? What equipment will you be using? What other sports photography have you done in the past?

btbg

By the way, Gene is right. You should use a filter on the front of your lens and the weather sealed pro lenses are much better than cheap kit lenses for this kind of photography.

One last question. Is the beach volleyball even on the beach? Beach volleyball is spreading rapidly in popularity. We live 300 miles from the coast and have both beach volleyball courts and tournaments.