Chattanooga Tri Club Swim Practice Pics Up

Swimmer. Chattanooga Triathlon Club Swim Practice,
Lake Chickamauga. 24 May 2010.
Pentax K200d, 35mm Takumar.
EWA Marine UF underwater bag housing.

by John O'Keefe-Odom
AgXphoto.info

The pics in tonight's proof gallery folder were made by putting the DSLR in an amphibious housing designed for smaller film cameras. The EWA Marine UF easily accommodates an all manual SLR like the K1000, but was tight on the tolerances for fitting a K200d in there.

We were able to get by without leaks by using a Takumar 35mm, in order to keep the Z dimension down.

Our topic for the session was a swim practice for the Chattanooga Triathlon Club. They meet weekly to swim along the buoy line in the lake. This helps the triathletes get used to swimming in open water and condition them for racing.

The rig I have been using lately has included one ugly life jacket and a pair of swim fins. I know it looks totally ridiculous. I can swim well enough without the vest, and have made photos while swimming without it. Yet, it is so much easier to swim and photograph with the flotation vest that I think it's a good idea to try out some type of float for the amphibious photos.

Strong enough to go without it; taking it easy enough to enjoy it; get down to the photos.

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