Salt Spray protection?

I'm wondering what I should do to protect my camera from the effects of salt spray, salt water, salt fog, salty air, etc when I'm at the ocean. Can anyone give me some tips?
Thanks in advance.
Linnet

Virtually all of my outdoor photography is in or near saltwater. I avoid immersing the leg joints of my tripod. I use cameras and lenses with weather resistant seals. I clean my gear if it is subjected to salt spray. Other than that, I take no special precautions. So far, no ill effects.

Buck's sentence: "I clean my gear if it is subjected to salt spray." begs considerable expansion with inclusion of specific detail. From the late fifties to the late 60s I spent a lot of time on the Northeast coast accomplishing, seemingly, the purposeful exposure my Exaktas and lenses and the brass, iron, and steel fittings on my wooden tripods to the airborne North Atlantic. Never did settle on a totally reliable process and routine of cleaning my gear sufficiently to prevent the ravages of salt spray, hence my collection of salt-corroded gear and the pervasive sense that any photographic equipment exposed to salt spray can be guaran-damn-teed a shorter useable lifespan than equipment not so exposed.

I now avoid the problem by the imposition of a thousand-mile buffer between my equipment and aqueous solutions of NaCl ! Works like a charm!

Dave Graham, East River, SD

David is dead on. My approach is to buy reasonably priced equipment or used. Although this stuff will start to look bad, much of it will seemingly last forever. And a tripod with fused legs is still useful. The problem with salt and weather seals is that the water dries out then more saltwater expands the crystals and re-crystallizes wedging its way into crevices. Have to admire anyone who quotes El Cohen.

Sounds like maybe I should avoid taking my basically-one-and-only DSLR to the ocean? Maybe a point and shoot?