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set your camera up as follows
tie a single arms length piece of scooter cord to the cameras left hand side handle
put a large bulldog clip on the other end
clip this to your left shoulder d ring
tie a ss bulldog clip tight onto the cameras right hand side handle
weight your camera slightly negative
you are now horizontal in the water with your slightly negative camera clipped off to your left shoulder d ring by 2ft of scooter cord
if you have to react immediatley to something, then just drop the camera, it will be 2ft below you
in a silt out, just follow the cord from the left should d ring
if it is positive it may go up above your head and get entangled in line ,wreckage, rond your neck... etc (a problem you can do without)
if it is neutral, then its going to be in the way of whatever problem you want to sort out
if you have time to respond to something then you can either take the clip thats on the cameras right hand side and clip it to the left shoulder d ring, or clip it off to your crotch d ring
either way the camera is out of the way, but close to you
if you have a lot of stages, then i clip to the crotch d ring to protect the lens
if i have no stages, then i clip to the left shoulder
do not clip to the right shoulder d ring as you trap the long hose
nor trap the long hos if you clip to the crotch strap
when you fit the camera to a scooter, just wrap the cord round the handle so its out of the way of the prop
if you disconnect from the scooter to penetrate a wreck, then un clip the cord and carry on as normal
some folk insist on having the camera positive in case they 'lose' it, and it can then float to the surface, this is not needed if its clipped off on a 2ft cord, you wont lose it any more than you will lose a stage or scooter
hope this helps
jerry |