Best Cameras

[Jeffrey Crawley]

Pieter did a pretty good job of writing a photographic digest last year -
try the archives.

Keep it simple, keep it light. I saw a Japanese guy with an arsenal of
lenses and a heavy Canon slr - he probably got great shots, what it did to
his back is another question.

The Camino is probably not the best place to try out new hi-tech equipment
for the first time. What do you you normally use? Are you happy with it? If
you can't take too great a shot at home then things won't improve on the way
so best not lose a good shot by not being able to use the camera.

Besides, there are a lot of big, open landscape shots out there and after 30
years of trying I still can't match the quality of a 30 centimos picture
postcard!

If you're going digital get the biggest storage cards you can find (128 or
256MB) even though you'll be editing in camera, don't waste battery power on
flash in churches or cathedrals - it won't light up a large building and
you'll disturb the congregation if you do it during a service (VERY bad
manners!). Many digital camera can take short bursts of movie but these do
eat into the storage capacity - you might like to keep one, large card free
just for these.

Jeffrey
(standing on the shoulders of giants - in this case Pieter!)


----- Original Message -----
From: Jilek, Glenn <Glenn.JilekaFHWA.DOT.GOV>
To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:46 PM
Subject: Best Cameras


> For Pieter and other digital gurus...what are some of your recommendations
for a good travel camera to take along on the Camino keeping in mind a good
balance between weight, quality of pictures, durability, storage capability,
power, etc.?
>
> Glenn
>