Oh dear! Which camera do I take?

[p38arover]

As you know I'm off to the US on holiday tomorrow.

But I'm undecided as to which camera to lug around.

Do I take:


a DSLR (Pentax *istD) and 18-200mm lens (and maybe one other lens)
a DSLR look-alike (Fuji FinePix S5500) with 10:1 zoom
a point and shoot (Kodak C310 4Mp or Nikon Coolpix 2500 2Mp)
a combination of the above?

The weight is the key. The Pentax is relatively light (for a DSLR). I have a Lowepro CompuDaypak backpack but I'm not taking my laptop so that's a relief! I don't know whether to take the flashgun.

I can probably fit 3-days worth of clothes in the backpack for my trip to a car show in Vancouver. I think I'd like the DSLR for that but I'm not sure.

Decisions! Decisions! :(

[dmdigital]

DSLR and 18-200 would be my choice given that selection. THe P&S are of the old school and won't give good shots. The Fuji I don't think gives as good a range zoom as the 18-200.

[dullbird]

I would take the DSLR with the 18-200 and wouldn't bother with another lense if weight is an issue

[werdan]

I'd go the DSLR too. I take it that the car show is indoors. The DSLR should give you better pictures in lower light conditions than the other cameras with smaller sensors.

[Chucaro]

I will take the DSRL and make sure that the Kodak is left at home ;)

[p38arover]

I'd go the DSLR too. I take it that the car show is indoors. The DSLR should give you better pictures in lower light conditions than the other cameras with smaller sensors.

No, the car show is outside at Van Dusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver.


I will take the DSRL and make sure that the Kodak is left at home ;)

The Kodak was one my son owned. I'd never used it until yesterday. I was thinking compact and portable.

[abaddonxi]

Save yourself the trouble.

You know it'll fail.

:D:D

[p38arover]

Mongrel! :(


:D

[p38arover]

I took the DSLR.

Today's shots taken as we flew through the snow-covered mountains around Vancouver didn't come out very well - nor did the pix of a hooker picking up a john outside my hotel. :(

I wanted to post them in the new photo comp but I need the sequence of shots, not just a single pic.

By heck, there's a few crackheads around here.

[dullbird]

well if there is a few crack heads maybe you could get a picture of a deal going down:D

remember though Ron black and white setting unless you have your post process software with you.;)

[p38arover]

Hmm. I think I took some pix of coppers taking a drug dealer down outside my hotel.

As you can guess I'm staying in a salubrious part of Vancouver! :D

(I've got PhotoShop on this borrowed laptop.)

[Scouse]

nor did the pix of a hooker picking up a john outside my hotel. :(

I wanted to post them in the new photo comp but I need the sequence of shots, not just a single pic.

The new comp is for photos of hookers !!
I might have to do a Canterbury Rd run to see what they're like :p.

[p38arover]

The new comp is for photos of hookers !!
I might have to do a Canterbury Rd run to see what they're like :p.

Oi! No pictures of your girlfriends! :angel:

[p38arover]

Well, for this holiday in Singapore, I've decided which camera I'm taking.


My phone.

It's a damn sight easier to carry and takes just as good a photo as any of my others.

The DSLR is just a pain to carry around for taking the very occasional photo.