 Getting the best travel photos |
Getting the best travel photos |
Getting the best travel photosTopic Type: Information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How to return from your travels with the best photographic memories without spending more than your travel costs on photo equipment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jamies travels James Davidson Post Count: 3 Msg: #1 97 days ago, April 18th 2008 | This summer I'm headed for Yosemite National Park, and whilst Ansel Adams's reputation need not fear my capabilities, I would like to go prepared to come home with the best photographic memories. This must be the same for all travelers! | There's a lot of panoramic discussion here, and this would be a great format for me, I would love to achieve something like the images here. I have a camera budget of £200 - £250 and would love some buying advice. Thanks Jamie  AnnaAdventuring Anna Louise Post Count: 77 Msg: #2 97 days ago, April 18th 2008 | I have the Canon powershot S5 IS. I got it for £240 including postage from amazon. So far I've really enjoyed using it. It's a great camera, with lots of settings for scenery as well as manual settings. It shoots in black and white and sepia, and different colour tones. It has an excellent zoom and can take additional lenses and filters if you like. It also has a stich-assist for making long panoramic shots which is really good. | Jamies travels James Davidson Post Count: 3 Msg: #3 97 days ago, April 18th 2008 | Thanks - sounds interesting, I'll take a look at the auto stitching on that. |  Ali Ali Watters Post Count: 2733 Msg: #4 95 days ago, April 20th 2008 | Jamie - I don't think the camera is important for the example you link to - in that case it's the software stitching and doing the display of the 360' panoramas. | Maybe ask the webmaster of the site you looked at what software he used. Some good free software is discussed here Cameras in the $500 range are now very good - the Canon G9 - is the one I'd suggest for that price. [Edited: 20:58 - Ali ]  TeamTurner Michael & Kelley Turner Post Count: 99 Msg: #5 94 days ago, April 21st 2008 | I'd second the Canon G9...by far the best point-and-shoot camera in its price range. I dream of having one!! |  DustinKeating Dustin Keating Post Count: 14 Msg: #6 94 days ago, April 21st 2008 | The G9 is excellent but so is the G7, and now because of the G9 you can get one for really cheap - maybe $350.00 u.s/cdn dollars. Look into it. | go360 Kevin Greig Post Count: 1 Msg: #7 94 days ago, April 21st 2008 | I shoot and host the images on http://www.go360edinburgh.co.uk , we shoot with a Fufi S3 digital SLR and a nikon 10.5mm lens. PTGui and Pano2QTVR are then used to create the final images. This set up, with leveling panohead and tripod however - will set you back £2k - and would ruin your holiday with bulky transportation. | I think a decent Canon will do you proud. Enjoy your holiday and aim for crisp shots shot on RAW (or highest possible) format. Hope this helps. Kevin  Jabe John McCabe Post Count: 56 Msg: #8 93 days ago, April 21st 2008 | You might want to have a look at the reviews on dpreview.com for in-depth information on potential purchases, and Amazon for (generally) less technical opinions. I've used both Canon and Panasonic point-and-shoot cameras and would put in a plug for the latter as well. Any brand/model will have its strengths and weaknesses so you should think about just what type of photography you're likely to engage in, as that will dictate your choice to some extent, e.g. manual modes and RAW capability, which I think you will find on the G9, don't exist on many cheaper cameras. |  LindsInTransit Lindsay Smith Post Count: 1 Msg: #9 93 days ago, April 22nd 2008 | I spent days reading the reviews and forums on dpreview.com and purchased a Canon G7. I couldn't be happier with it...it is vastly better than the point and shoot cameras my friends are using. After seeing my photos, many of them swore they were going to buy a G7 as well. :) I'm not a professional photographer by any means, and I found it very easy to get high quality shots. | Hope this helps!  aspiringnomad Jason Post Count: 25 Msg: #10 93 days ago, April 22nd 2008 | I'm sure this post is a clever ploy to to plug 'go360' - but you've clearly found this websites soft spot;-) | ...Most of the pictures I've posted on this site were taken with the Fujis304. When it fell apart I treated myself to the another Fuji (primarily because I knew where the buttons were located). Unfortunately the silver camera wasn't en vogue anymore and some Marketing people in Japan decided my next one would be black, so I opted for the Fuji s5600 a few years back. For the record it has 'RAW' and 'manual modes' and costs about $180. As for some panorama shots I've been enamored with over the years, the Fuji s3 is invariably the culprit (s3 is easier for me to remember than any of the actual photographers) ...but alas the one thing standing in my way of true freedom and happiness is the fact that I don't have enough money to buy one! OK maybe that's not wholly true, I must confess that travel consumes the lions share of my income. Besides, you could travel from Cairo to Capetown with that kind of money! - but then I suppose you'd have no panoramas to show for it... "The more anxious he becomes, the more he must consume, and the more he consumes, the more anxious he becomes. Thus, there arises the circle in which man feels all the more powerless as his machines become more powerful, that is, as what he produces becomes more powerful. And he compensates for all this by constant and never-ending consumption." Erich Fromm [Edited: 02:04 - aspiringnomad ] Jamies travels James Davidson Post Count: 3 Msg: #11 93 days ago, April 22nd 2008 | Thanks everyone for all the info, and Kevin for getting involved. I'll hopefully have some images to share later in the summer. (Is there any money in plugging websites??) | ;) Jamie snj9999 Saurabh Post Count: 1 Msg: #12 93 days ago, April 22nd 2008 | c my photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/saurabh99/ | Number of Users: 10 | Number of Posts: 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
