Choice of Digital Camera

[Charlie_C]

How about some suggestion on a good digital camera to take on the trial.

I would say something sturdy but lightweight. Low power consumption, able to use high density memory cards like SD or equiv.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[Roland]

Canon SD1000

We are very happy with the size, the speed and the battery life of this little powerhouse. The price is quite reasonable, too.

[Jaybird]

[COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]How about some suggestion on a good digital camera to take on the trial. ............................................

i like my NIKON COOLPIX 3200 (former Editors Choice from Backpacker magazine) & am about to UPGRADE to the NIKON COOLPIX 7600 version


Good Luck with your hike!

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

I'm sold on the Olympus Stylus line - it is water resistant, takes bumps very well and delivers excellent photos. It allows you to turn off the 1.5 x 1.5 inch display and use an old-style viewfinder to conserve power. Uses Xd cards (available up to 2G). Downloading pics to a computer is a breeze - uses one of those cords that attaches a printer to an USB port. This camera is available in several pix densities.

I have only found two things not to love about this camera - it has limits on what you can shoot in darkness (no way to set a super long aperture opening) and it use a propriety rechargeable battery.

[Dr O]

I'm in a bad position, if I buy a non Kodak camera, my Rochester friends will have my head. Too bad Kodak can't seem to make a decent product nowdays.

[BlackCloud]

Canon probably makes the most expansive line of small digitals. I have a G7 which is kinda large, kinda heavy, but loaded w/ options.

Go to Canon's website I say....

[Waterbuffalo]

I have a Casio ex-s500 It's small and seemt the battery lasts a while for multiple day trips plus shoots a little video too. It would be a pain for a thru because it has a small docking station sharger at home.

[SGT Rock]

My cell phone. It serves as my 2.2mp camera, mp3 player, FM radio, and you can even e-mail pics and make phone calls with it when you need to, and it weighs 3.something ounces.

[Skidsteer]

My cell phone. It serves as my 2.2mp camera, mp3 player, FM radio, and you can even e-mail pics and make phone calls with it when you need to, and it weighs 3.something ounces.

How many pics can it store before you have to download?

Oh and what kind of cellphone is it?

[SGT Rock]

Depends on how much memory you put into it. I just downloaded about 50 from it last night.

Here are the specs: http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?...=pp1&pid=10376

[Johnny Thunder]

#1 rule in buying a digital camera is go with an actual camera company (read: not a consumer electronics or computer company). Any geek can throw together a POS capture system of however-many-megapixels but it takes specialization to build the lens optics necessary to use all the capabilities of the camera. That said: I have a Canon SD 630 (I think that's the model number) and it has gone months between charges and on a 2 mb SD card I get somewhere in the range of 600 to 700 high quality pics. Charger is relatively small and lightweight if you'd need to carry or bounce it.

A few thru's mentioned that Olympus (another great camera company) put out a SD compatible waterproof camera. Rave reviews. Look it up.

Johnny

Remember, digital cameras take the best stick-out-your-arm self portraits and pictures of your friends doing dumb things when they're drunk. Other than that most people prefer film.

[SGT Rock]

My experience with a good camera is I still suck at making good pics. Probably more effort than I want to go through. A cheap film camera or digital does fine for what I take.

Some examples:

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/show...er&imageuser=5

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/show...er&imageuser=5

[Footslogger]

The digital camera market is a moving target. That said ...if I was buying a camera tomorrow to carry on a distance hike it would be the Cannon A710 IS.

Here's why:

7.1 Mpixel
6X OPTICAL Zoom
2 - AA Batteries
SD Media Card

'Slogger

[Freeleo]

Pentax Optio W10.....6megapix....waterproof....takes video...this is an awsome camera

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06021503pentaxw10.asp

[gollwoods]

i like my fuji S700,quite nice all around camera for $225 approx.

[Heater]

Canon probably makes the most expansive line of small digitals. I have a G7 which is kinda large, kinda heavy, but loaded w/ options.

Go to Canon's website I say....

I had the Canon SD800 IS and it was perfect for hiking (as is the SD1000 is now) great cameras but too small for my hands.

I now use a G7.

The G9 should be hitting the shelves any tim now. Not much difference from the G7 at first glance. (couple of more megapixels) I am very happy with my G7. Pretty light and lots of functionality.

[otterman]

Fuji F30. Solid metal body. Unbeleivable battery life. Great picutures.

[taildragger]

You might want to check out the opinions on nwhikers.net, there are a fair number of backpacking photographers there.

Personally, I've hauled my D100 in my pack before, amazing pictures if a good lens is used, I thinks something like a D80 would be awesome. I might be going back to film for artsy stuff and getting a point and shoot for day to day items (will weigh less than my DSLR).

I'd for sure stick with Nikon, or Cannon, they have ruled the glass world for a while, and ultimately the glass will decide your actual resolution instead of the number of pixels (these cmos chips are getting so small that they flood in smaller cameras, thats why my 6.1 MP DSLR still takes higher quality images than the smaller point and shoots)

BTW, I am a biased Nikon fan, I love their glass. That being said, Cannon typically has the better software and faster cameras, great for sports, but if you do landscapes (like I do) then I'd stick with a Nikon.

[Gray Blazer]

My experience with a good camera is I still suck at making good pics. Probably more effort than I want to go through. A cheap film camera or digital does fine for what I take.

Some examples:

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/show...er&imageuser=5

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/show...er&imageuser=5

The best thing about digital cameras is you can take about 50-100 shotsa of the same thing and you are bound to get at least one or two good shots and then you can delete the rest.

[refreeman]

I had been using and liking an Olympus C50 Zoom. Very good pictures and a great feature set on the camera. However, I now want better low light photography, standard AA size batteries, longer battery life, fast picture taking speed and 12x optical zoom.

I just ordered a Canon S3 IS. It is cheap now that the S5 IS recently came out. Weighs more than the Olympus, but if you want excellent pictures this is the camera.

Here's a link to a great camera review site:
http://www.dcresource.com/

The Canon PowerShot A570 IS and the Canon PowerShot A710 IS are also both great point and shoot cameras; And lighter if you want to save weight. The Canon PowerShot A570 IS costs much less too. I got mine from http://www.BuyDig.com ; excellent prices, very consumer friendly and great service.