Oh dear! Which camera do I take?

**p38arover** · 5th May 2009, 04:24 PM

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** · 5th May 2009, 04:28 PM

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** · 5th May 2009, 04:36 PM

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

**werdan** · 5th May 2009, 04:39 PM

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** · 5th May 2009, 04:45 PM

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

**p38arover** · 5th May 2009, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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

Originally Posted by Chucaro

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** · 5th May 2009, 09:30 PM

Save yourself the trouble.

You know it'll fail.

**p38arover** · 5th May 2009, 09:45 PM

Mongrel!

**p38arover** · 18th May 2009, 01:30 PM

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** · 18th May 2009, 01:36 PM

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

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

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