I need camera advice

**misterO** · 2nd January 2012, 20:37

Blimey- I didn't expect a Spanish Inquisition.

**Padmei** · 2nd January 2012, 20:49

I've been looking & asking around. Some have suggested the Canon G series (maybe a second hand 9 or 10 off those that are updating) or maybe the s100 or older.
I may have stated earlier I don't want the bees knees & I'm pretty sure any reasonably priced camera would do the job. Thanks for your replies & advice.

**Big Dave** · 2nd January 2012, 23:59

Originally Posted by Winston001

you are to be stoned to death!

How about just a bit high?

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Blimey- I didn't expect a Spanish Inquisition.

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Nobody expects.....

:-)

**Winston001** · 3rd January 2012, 22:07

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Nobody expects.....

......“NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to SPANKME.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.”

**misterO** · 6th January 2012, 12:43

Some tips on shooting bikes from from Visordown: How to Photograph Like a Pro

http://www.visordown.com/how-to-do-j...pro/19737.html

**Hugo Nougo** · 6th January 2012, 16:17

some great advice in here,

check out gp forums, no link i'm being lazy, ken rockwell and karl taylor sites are great if you want to go the dslr track.

i love the panorama setting on the fuji point and squirts, low pixels but fun and great for those majestic landscape shots.

for fast shots i practice on bee's in the garden, get to know your camera, if you can capture a bee in flight in focus, then a bike will be easy.

here's a few shots from a 1meg no name brand camera that served me well in the bush for many years.

://www.flickr.com/photos/57931034@N03/6645097603/

**Padmei** · 8th January 2012, 17:56

Originally Posted by misterO

Some tips on shooting bikes from from Visordown: How to Photograph Like a Pro

http://www.visordown.com/how-to-do-j...pro/19737.html

Great easy tips there - excellent stuff!

Originally Posted by Hugo Nougo

some great advice in here,

check out gp forums, no link i'm being lazy, ken rockwell and karl taylor sites are great if you want to go the dslr track.

i love the panorama setting on the fuji point and squirts, low pixels but fun and great for those majestic landscape shots.

for fast shots i practice on bee's in the garden, get to know your camera, if you can capture a bee in flight in focus, then a bike will be easy.

here's a few shots from a 1meg no name brand camera that served me well in the bush for many years.

www.flickr.com/photos/57931034@N03/6645097603/

You are bull shitting me on that one my friend. There is no way those pics came from a basic camera. if they really did then I'll give up trying to photo anything...

**Hugo Nougo** · 8th January 2012, 21:56

why ?.

the link takes you to one of my flickr sites where the 3 latest shots here taken with said camera, it had a huge delay between pushing the button and taking the picture but illustrates that pixels arn't everything.

did you notice the camera had a cracked lens in the lower left? (landscape).

lorenzo to venom shots where taken with my old fav a nikon d80 and cheap 70-300 lens, total package about $500-600 2nd hand.
the adventure stuff including the vid was a fuji s2500hd, about $450 a few years back.

I currently carry the fuji s2500hd on trail rides but would like 1 of the canon powershots.

**Padmei** · 9th January 2012, 08:10

Ah yes I i see now. i thought you were saying that all those shots (including the racing shots) were from the cheapo camera.
Nice work.

**Tigadee** · 9th January 2012, 08:33

Originally Posted by Padmei

I will most likely buy off trademe & my budget will be $300-500.

Pocketable - Nikon P300 or Canon S95/S100. Panasonic and Sony make some nice pocketable high quality models too (LX-series and HX-series respectively).

Pocketable (barely) - Canon G-series or Nikon P7100. I favour the Nikon because of its useful longer zoom range, tilting LCD screen and equivalent image quality.

All-in-one with good image quality - Fuji S100FS, S200EXR or Sony R1 - older cameras but excellent lenses, images and flexibility. No worries about dust getting into the camera and onto the sensor.

DSLRs - Something rugged like the semi-pro models from Canon (Canon 30D to 7D - skip the 50D) and Nikon (D200 to D300s, D7000). Sony isn't bad but I dislike their proprietary flash hotshoe (inherited from Minolta whom they bought over) which limits your flash options to either the in-camera or Minolta/Sony flashes. Panasonic has some nice models but they're pretty fragile...

**Padmei** · 11th January 2012, 19:12

Originally Posted by CrazyFrog

Has anyone got or used an Olympus TG-310 or TG-810?
I'm considering one as an ADV bike camera for it's tough qualities, drop proof, waterproof, dustproof, cold proof.

Alternatively, considering Fujifilm XP20 and Sony DSC-TX5 or DSC-TX10.
Any good/bad experience with any of these?
Thanks in advance

Hey crazyfrog. The guy who did that superb Iceland thread uses one of those olympus toughs. Half way down the page he mentions it.
http://advrider.com/forums/showthrea...749438&page=10