I appreciate the quick, detailed responses to my questions. For years I have used a Yashica T3 in gorgeous places and have been very happy overall. Most recently I spent the summer in Arctic Norway and was disappointed at how it performed in low light, bright light, too close, too far situations with such outrageous scenery around. Film speed did not take care of it as much as I had hoped. I like the advice of bringing my point and shoot along with an SLR and had thought of doing this myself. My essential motivation in all of this is to get a clarity and contrast in my shots that seems just out of reach for my point and shoot. Granted, this little difference may be trivial and my skill certainly plays a part but I've seen evidence that a decent SLR in moderately capable hands will record a finer picture than the camera I currently own. I have found the net site photo.net and it's packed with info. I appreciate the lens recommendations in particular. My strength and weakness is that I am incredibly picky about gathering information before committing my hard earned cash. Perhaps it comes from having worked retail. Perhaps I am just too damn picky about the quality and value of my gear? Live by the sword, die by the sword. My only reasons for wanting to avoid heavy techno electrical vunder Kameras is 1.durability 2.battery life 3.durability 4.water sensitivity 5. durability 6.something about me that enjoys mastering mechanical equipment. Having said this, I am very open to being convinced otherwise and admit I am on the y axis side of the learning curve. Brian W. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free _at_yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
RE: SLR camera choices - I've used an Olympus IS-2 for the last few years. Its lens zooms from 35-135 mm, it accepts filters (important to me - especially a polarizing filter for on-water work, and where there's a lot of snow), it has a great macro feature and a 1:1 macro lens which can be purchased for it, also a very adequate tele-extender which takes it out to 270 mm (rarely needed). It has superb automatic exposure but easy manual over-ride, and of course it automatically reads the film's DIN number and adjusts the camera's exposure meter accordingly. The flash is adequate for most medium-distance work. It's a strangely shaped camera, and it isn't compact as some others. But its image quality is superb - so good that I rarely use my Nikon now. Olympus also makes an IS-3 which goes out to 200 (or more?) mm, but I haven't used that. It's bulkier. It is not water-resistant or "weather-proof", and I wish it were. As far as I'm concerned, that and its relative bulk are its two disadvantages. The one problem I've had with this camera is universal to all cameras: when I want to use it in cold weather, I have to keep it inside my jacket, or the batteries won't work. And by the way, (as with all cameras) I always keep a spare battery tucked in the LowePro hip pack in which I carry the camera. - Bill Hansen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Bhansen97_at_aol.com wrote: > > The one problem I've had with this camera is universal to all cameras: when I > want to use it in cold weather, I have to keep it inside my jacket, or the > batteries won't work. Any problem with the lens fogging? -- gabriel l romeu http://members.aol.com/romeug studio furniture http://members.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photos, prints, etc. http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR a daily photo journal *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
For durability against mechanical damage... and water penetration, the Nikonos stands out supreme. It can stand LOTS of mechanical abuse and remains waterproof. The lens is protectded also from abrasion. You can get decent framing using the viewfinder. Not quite an SLR, but certainly a reasonable alternative. Robert Brian wrote: >Kameras is 1.durability 2.battery life 3.durability 4.water >sensitivity 5. durability 6.something about me that enjoys mastering >mechanical equipment. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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