What's the best travel digicam? ...

[dreamvill]

Hi All,

What's your favorite digital camera when traveling? What features do you look for? Let's hear your recommendations!

Thanks

Puerto Vallarta Villa

[sacredvoyage]

The camera should be Small

This for a travel camera is very important, it must be easy to place in your hand luggage on the airplane, and then once you are traveling by car or landrover on safari, it has to be easy to carry with you, unless you are a professional photographer, where just about all your luggage will be photography equipment I would highly recommend a compact digital camera for traveling.

I have had a large digital SLR camera with an extra 300mm and wide angle lens before and whilst it cannot be argued that because all the professional photographers use them they have to be the best, you must remember that that is their job and you are on holiday with the idea being to enjoy it. Lugging around all that heavy and bulky equipment is no fun at all!
Don't become a Target

Another good thing to remember is that if you plan to travel around populated areas like towns or cities in any country in the world as a tourist you are immediately a target for thieves, don't make yourself the prime target with a huge camera case and camera round your neck. It is nice to be able to easily slip your camera out of sight sometimes.
Safari Camera

When you go on safari, you most probably will be traveling on a 4x4 and the size of your camera is not that important as long as it is easily available, but if you plan on going on a walking safari, again a small easy to carry camera is highly recommended.

Therefore for me the most important feature of a traveler digital camera is that it must be small.

Thanks............

[kcormier71]

Hi. I bought a digital camera for my daughter that is shock proof, waterproof and 14megapixels. It is from The Future Shop and has been so wonderful. It is compact but has so many features like the different settings for variety of lighting situations, active situations or a great auto feature. There are a variety of them out there but this type would be great for vacationing. Can't go wrong and suits any trip situation.
Good luck.