Today my spirit was buoyed by a large ocean at high tide. The pier was closed as huge surf pounded the coast. Our local KPIX TV camera crew was on hand, and got wet as wave after wave breached the sea wall. They interviewed me with my wet camera in hand. You can see the video here.
About the wet camera. I got a new Lumix camera that has a “Worry-free splash proof / dustproof” body. Guess I’ll find out about the splash. A few year back I lost a Nikon D200 when large surf caught me by surprise and buried me and the camera with one big blast.
Today a man in full rain gear held the sea wall guard rail tight. I caught a shot of one large wave completely cover him up. Then I ran, but not fast enough.
Check it out.
SUP DAYS are better than others 
Great footage Tom, congrats on making the local news!
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Nice film 🙂
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Nice video, Tom, and you looked good on the news. How did the camera hold up? As good as advertised?
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I’ll tell you after I shoot with it again. I hope it’s good. It’s light, 600 mm zoom, 4K video, f2.8 lens. I can get closer to the action now.
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Wow, what’s the low end (wide angle) of the zoom? Is it a constant f2.8 or variable? Heckuva camera either way.
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24 at low. It’s a small sensor but for my purpose it rocks. Assuming, of course, that it still works.
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f2.8 + 24-600, what a range!
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The lens is 24-600 and can hold at f2.8 across the zoom range. Sweet.
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