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Cathy Church recommendation on BCs??
The following is a quote I found from Cathy Church on BC recommendations for photographers. Anyone agree/disagree with this? experiences with back inflation? I've always used a jacket style, but tried on several back inflation and backplate/wings at BTS last week and very much like the freedom and uncluttered feel. Please share your thoughts...
"BCs with the air just on the back also aggravate movement. For example, suppose you are holding level and the air in the BC is in the middle, at the top (of course) and then you need to roll just a little to the side for the best camera position. Suddenly all of the air moves to the left wing of the BC. Because it is several inches from your body, it has more leverage than air that is held close to the body in a full jacket or wrap around BC. This extra leverage is translated into instability while you are trying to hold a camera within an eighth of an inch of that Christmas tree worm.
Every time I take a student who is struggling in the water with an "Angel Wing" BC, and lend them one of my SeaQuest Spectrum BCs, they improve dramatically and quickly. None of them really knew that they were having a problem until I watched them in the water. All of them felt the difference and switched BCs."
Appreciate any comments on this and any BCD recommendations.
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