As a wild guess, the total of your tubes at 3 feet of depth could have a volume
at or near an empty plastic milk jug. Have you tried holding an empty milk jug
with the lid on underwater? If only it could make the gear lighter while
hauling it to the photo site..... especially those fishing weights. ;-)
I'm sure that either my concern will be 'torpedoed' or another solution will
'surface'.
Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT - Camouflage Paint ?
In a message dated 11/10/2003 9:23:06 AM Central Standard Time,
Gad-Zuiks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Can't help with the paint question, but I wonder if the tubes would add
buoyancy to the tripod, reducing stability?
I think the obvious answer is "yes" to the buoyancy question, however the
deepest I would probably be might be 2 to 3 feet and typically the weight of
the tripod and camera is going to be somewhere around 12 to 14 lbs (OM body,
Tamron 400mm, Gitzo Explorer and Kirk Ball Head). If that doesn't keep it from
floating, I might need to look at some heavy bottom fishing weights. Bill
Barber
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