DSLR CameRAH and advice required! Pls Halp!

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

May I ask how much moolah?! You can texteth if you wish

Might be a bit about wildlife though as through Africa we may be seeing some mega sights!

This comment makes me wonder if an SLR is the best option. Given your mode of travel (limited space) and the limits of an SLR with regard to zoom without a long lens, a bridge might be a better choice?

MB

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by Matblack

This comment makes me wonder if an SLR is the best option. Given your mode of travel (limited space) and the limits of an SLR with regard to zoom without a long lens, a bridge might be a better choice?

MB

Also dust wise I think a sealed unit might be prudent and you'll spend a lot to get a fully weather proofed SLR and even then you only have to take the lens off at the wrong time and disaster!

MB

[LeperousDust]

Buy that pheebs! Superb deal!

//Although MB raises a serious point!

[Pheebs]

We're going to be taking something like yay along too:



With regards to the travel it's a risk we're willing to take for good photos in between snap shots from the above. It's not something we'll be pulling out all the time but in various locations when stopped and when we're exploring villages / cities / surrounding campsite etc we will be using it then (so standard use that any other person with a DSLR camera would do!)

We had a lovely conversation with a professional travel journalist and photographer who rides from country to country snapping shots about the risks and problems of storage of a DSLR. He was kind enough to spend over an hour chatting with us pointing out the pros and cons and best way to travel with the kit and he says keeping it in our waterproof tank bags on top of the bikes would be a perfect plan.

He does the same and sometimes carries a whole pannier of camera equipment (never trust a metal pannier to be waterproof and safe for anything delicate!0 and bodies over thousands of miles! Such a lovely chap So if he's happy to do it we are too

We've been working all of this evening (still are! Yay to self employment and broken computers!) but will deffo look more into your camera the next couple of days Mondo Thank you again!

[vix]

And if Pheebs doesn't want it, I'm interested

[divine]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

Oh hang on a minute... Sams being an egit... he looked up a completely different camera the moron!!! He had one up on the screen that said 3 megapixs and a stupidly limited iso range....

He looked up the old old D30 instead of the 30D didn't he?

[Pheebs]

Ahahaha most probably! I didn't think it sounded right what he was saying spec wise and the prices I was pulling up! Funny!


We've just found out Sams mate has a 30D who we're seeing this weekend so we will be popping in and having a tinker with it then and then popping to a couple of camera shops to see the differences! We get paid next week so is it okay for us to get back to you then?

Thanks Mondo

[Mondo]

thats cool

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by vix

And if Pheebs doesn't want it, I'm interested

I thought you had a 40d?

[vix]

400D, I was under the impression the less zeros the better