Re: can you recommend a light digital camera for cycle-touring?
- From: "Rich Clark" <rdclark2SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:52:58 -0400
"bobdobbs" <mniteoil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Seeking recommendations on a compact digital camera for long-distance
self-contained bike tours. My criteria are: decent zoom range (4X would
be ideal), decent flash range, easy to grip, size and weight, battery
life (capabability with CR-VS batteries), a few "options" such as black
and white/sepia and landscape, and of course, overall quality.
Particularly interested in any experience with Nikon Coolpix L-3, Sony
Cybershot-DSC-W5 or P150, Canon Powershot A520, Olympus D-580 Zoom. I
have a Fuji 500 that's light and good to grip but has crappy with flash
range, controls hard to manipulate and has a lot interval between
shots. I'm not overall concerned with number of megapixels. Thanks.
In addition to the power issue (using standard batteries so you can find
replacements in the field), pay particular attention to how long the camera
takes to boot and to cycle between shots. There are immense variations here,
and a fast camera is sometimes to be preferred over one that sacrifices
speed for other considerations.
Review sites like www.dpreview.com and www.steves-digicams.com are pretty
good for getting these sorts of performance measurements.
And avoid non-integral lens caps!
RichC
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