Large Format or Medium Format for use on foot and sailboat

[John Hicks]

One other thing; if you get the urge to play with large format, pick up a clean Crown Graphic. They're relatively inexpensive so if you dunk it or drop it it's not a tremendous loss. The Crown has only the leaf shutter, so it's a lot lighter than a Speed and yo u won't need anything faster than 1/500 anyway.

[Cap Kellogg]

You can probably use a Pentax 67 and 100ASA film aboard boats from 13- 600' - sail or steam. If you have a problem try a gyro-stabilizer: http://www.ken-lab.com/

I have used Kodachrome, usually 25ASA, on every size vessel since 1961, in 35mm format. I still use canoes occasionally. For the past 30 years I used the fastest Nikkor lenses money could buy, from 18mm to 300 f/2.8 As often as not, these were used wide open.

You cannot, obviously, use a tripod, nor brace your body against say the mast as a rule. If you do, you will increase the vibrations transmitted through your body to the lens. I am assuming you want to use slow film: 25-100ASA color, or 100TMAX, or Ilford XP2 at 320.

Keep the salt off the gear. Keep UV filters on all lenses for protection. The suggestion, above, to get a Pelican case is worth heeding.

Hope you have a sense of humor and that this helps.

Some lowlife, lowlight 35mm seascapes at: http://top.monad.net/~kellogg