| Cameras |
Visit Europe Cheap: Cameras for your trip to Europe
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| The camera you take with you to Europe could be the most important thing you pack! That camera is going to be the sticking point of your memories for the rest of your life, so don't take just any camera. Finding a camera that suits your needs, and that will allow you to capture exactly what you want, when you want, can be pretty easy if you know the tools to use and what exactly you are looking for. I've taken 3 different cameras with me on trips to Europe and each has had it's own advantages and disadvantages. |
On my most recent trip I brought the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3. The main selling point of this
camera is the 10x optical zoom. Plenty of cameras have large number digital zoom, but that leaves
pictures grainy and in my opinion, isn't much of a selling point. This camera actually zooms with it's
lens and allows you to capture things from far away, with a look of being right up next to it.
The other main selling points are the small "pocket" size and the great movie quality. The movies
come in about 848x600 and that allows for a lot more clarity in your movies when you watch later on
your television.
The main downside to this camera is that at only 7.2 pixels, you are lacking a bit in the overall image
category if you plan on blowing a picture up to 10x15 size or anything else especially large.
camera is the 10x optical zoom. Plenty of cameras have large number digital zoom, but that leaves
pictures grainy and in my opinion, isn't much of a selling point. This camera actually zooms with it's
lens and allows you to capture things from far away, with a look of being right up next to it.
The other main selling points are the small "pocket" size and the great movie quality. The movies
come in about 848x600 and that allows for a lot more clarity in your movies when you watch later on
your television.
The main downside to this camera is that at only 7.2 pixels, you are lacking a bit in the overall image
category if you plan on blowing a picture up to 10x15 size or anything else especially large.
On a previous trip I brought the Fuji e900. The main selling point of this camera is the 10 MP. This
high number allows you to take pictures and somewhat decide "what" you want your picture to be later.
Meaning, take a picture of the ocean and a castle, when you get home you notice the water looked
murky and somewhat took away from the picture. Simply crop the water out and due to the enormous
file size, no one would know the difference if you then blew that cropped picture into a 8x11.
Another great feature is the pop up flash, which allows you to decide if you want a flash or not, which
can be really helpful if you are trying to take a picture when you are not supposed to, in a theatre for
instance.
The main downside was that it was a bit bulky and at times a little bit annoying to cram into a pocket.
The "sports" image quality on high ISO setting was also a bit weak, leading to blurry action shots.
high number allows you to take pictures and somewhat decide "what" you want your picture to be later.
Meaning, take a picture of the ocean and a castle, when you get home you notice the water looked
murky and somewhat took away from the picture. Simply crop the water out and due to the enormous
file size, no one would know the difference if you then blew that cropped picture into a 8x11.
Another great feature is the pop up flash, which allows you to decide if you want a flash or not, which
can be really helpful if you are trying to take a picture when you are not supposed to, in a theatre for
instance.
The main downside was that it was a bit bulky and at times a little bit annoying to cram into a pocket.
The "sports" image quality on high ISO setting was also a bit weak, leading to blurry action shots.
| Other Camera Accessories |
| Batteries A couple sets of rechargable AA batteries and a charger, along with your converter, will easily pay for itself on your European Vacation. |
| Memory Whether you camera runs on SD, XD, CF or memory stick, you want to have plenty of memory to catch all those shots. I've spoken with people who take their pictures at low quality to save room, but for an extra $10 you can have perfect huge photos to look at forever! I like to take at least 1GB of memory for each week I plan on sight seeing. If you plan to take movies, bump that up a bit. |