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 Know your team well and limit party size on long or technical trips. Consider hiring a guide if uncertain.

 Assess water levels in the canyon.

 Determine flood risk (check the weather forecast, assess for snow-melt and, if possible, phone any upstream dams).

 Check equipment for signs of wear and tear, especially harnesses and ropes.

A phone call can save lives (photo: Simon Flower)

Capturing moving targets in poor light is one of the major challenges of canyon photography (Route 33, Ticino)

Cameras and photography

Canyoning presents unique challenges for the photographer, and no camera is ideally suited to the task. While waterproof compact cameras are perfectly adequate for sunny scenes (and are great for getting close to the action), they fall short in low light conditions. Digital SLRs (DSLRs) are capable of far superior photos and perform much better in low light, but are expensive and bulky (especially with the sturdy waterproof box required). The newer mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras are lighter than DSLRs, but lack some of their functionality. (The photographs in this book by Andrew Atkinson were taken with a Pentax K100D digital SLR with an SMC Pentax-DA 14mm f2.8 lens.)