Ms. Shuttergirl
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- Apr 20, 2009
After much research, I bought an olympus epl 2for my trip last time.
This is a micro 4/3 , with interchangeable lenses.
Basically it's a bit bigger than a p&s, but it has a much larger sensor, in fact the same as entry level dslr's, so the quality is there. I have a 20mm prime lens, that sits on it 95% of the time,. I carry it around my neck all day without any problems, (except the shame of looking like a tourist.
i have a small cross body bag that I carry a 40-150 zoom in, it's about the size of a tall thin jam jar, as well as my wallet and phone. I wouldn't mind another style of bag as I tend to put everything I accumulate throughout the day in there, I really should take more care about this.
As I was new to this style of camera on my last trip, I am not happy with a lot of the photos, I will be using auto mode mostly on my next trip. (It's not the cameras fault, it's capable of taking beautiful pics)
My biggest problem was not shooting in high res, so when I went to print, the quality was not there. ( don't be fooled thinking it all looks the same on the LCD screen!!)
I have since done a lot of reading on photography, so hopefully my skills will be better, but I find as soon as I get in the field, the constant transition between looking at the LCD or viewfinder and broad daylight gives me quite the headache, I struggle to change any settings or even see what I am shooting - so end up just shooting and hoping for the best!!!
Battymum - just put the camera on auto luv. Seriously, you've got a camera you love, it takes good pictures, let it do it's job. Unless using manual settings is second nature you spend too much time trying to get it right and miss the wonderful opportunity to just be in the moment.
Seriously, auto is your friend.
I quite often put my own camera on auto if I want to just quickly snap away and not think.
You will come home with beautiful photos and feel much happier.
This is the lens I use, but my camera has a crop sensor so 24 is not quite wide enough. It is on the heavy side. My christmas present was a 10-22 so looking forward to trying that out. I will take a prime for low light, probably the 30mm f/1.4. I did have a 17-50mm lens which was a great walk-around lens. Unfortunately it did not like being dropped (not by me).
My P&S is the Canon S100.
I generally use the 28mm which is good in low light too but I really am looking for a more multipurpose lens to use.
The 24-105 gets pretty good reviews and the price is good so I think I'll try it. Failing that, I'm at a loss. I'm really trying to simplify my life.
A photographer friend of mine just went to Europe and only took her S95 and she rocked it. Very impressive but she wasn't travelling with children so was able to stop and smell the "photography" roses.
Me - I'm always running along behind the family snapping with one hand