your on jorge! you owe me a drink..and manic..wheres that ten bucks?
ok so i went shopping last night. ive been tossing whether i needed an SLR and whether its going to be bothersome to take travelling with weight restrictions, size restritions etc. usually i like to travel light because im always on the go. i dont like taking checked luggage because its a time waster. i like to feel free and be able to move at the tip of a hat. for that reason, a SLR with a lens would have been bothersome and wouldnt have fit into my backpack with ease.
ive also been talking to another friend whos a proffessional photographer here and he said the same thing about the D60 that manic did. that its not worth it for the few extra feautures that it has.
i wanted an upgrade from the small olympus one i had, but i decided i didnt want to go SLR. so i did some more looking around and found something almost in between. small enough to put in your pocket or cargo pants, but good for a person wanting to start taking good travel snaps.
so i went and bought a Canon Powershot G9.
jorge - at least it was a canon right?
so far i love it. ive mucked around with it for most of the day today. its gives you lot more control over the features than other smaller cameras, and its what i was looking for. the only thing i didnt get was the weatherproof/waterproof feature which i found extremely hard to find other than in the olympus range.
i bought it for 530 USD.
jorge - get ready!..are we competing? whens your next trip??