Any ideas for easy ( portable, light, travel-friendly) solutions to stabilise a camera in a boat that’s moving on the sea ? Despite avoiding taking my full frame heavier DSLRs and lenses, I opted to take a Sony RX 10 mark IV. Very poor keep rate. Even when the boat slowed down or stopped it was rocking because of the waves. Really difficult to get tack sharp photos because of camera shake. A tripod would be very impractical (May not even be allowed). Ideas? Advice? Also is there a practical solution that works even for the heavier cameras and lenses?

Some folks are quick to dismiss TC's without considering when a TC is to be used.

If your subject does not adequately fill the frame and you would otherwise be cropping the image, THIS is the right time to consider your TC. If you are using a decent lens and an adequate TC, you should expect the lens/TC combination to yield a sharper magnification of image than cropping and enlarging the lens-only image (to match the image size).

I do not shoot Nikon, and I cannot comment on any specific model performance. Of course, there can be a range of quality between various models, just as with lenses.
(BTW: OP, clever use of your broken TC as an extension tube)

People who dismiss, take the time to actually shoot a comparison study and be enlightened. There is a reason the best wildlife photogs use TCs. the end.

Just wondering what you folks use, if anything, to protect you camera & lens from a long day of direct sunlight? I've been spending some time out at softball games, and it's been desert hot outside, and I'm concerned about the heat damaging my gear. I expect any long exposure will eventually take a toll on the seals, and possibly other components. Or maybe I'm way off on my concerns?

I notice that Peak and a couple of other vendors sell a protective cover, snow, rain, winter, but it's black in color, and to me black is a heat magnet. Even if the cover is black will it still protect my gear?

Thanks,
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