Show of hands: who carries a camera when cycling?

[daren]

I take my Canon G5 on some rides. It has much of the versatility you
might be looking for (F2 lens, manual exposure, adjustable flash power
etc...). Of course it isn't exactly small or compact, but the quality
is there (if you avoid bright edges into the sun).

I do miss my 24mm Nikkor, but wide and (compact) digital don't yet gel.

regards
daren
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[bugbear]

C.J.Patten wrote:
> "Roger Zoul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>which one do you have? Mine is too big to bother with on the bike. If it
>>were the size of my iPod Shuffle....
>>
>
>
> Bought a used Canon A60.
> Here's the skinny: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/a60.html

Watch out for reliability. I had trouble, and others have too.
The zoom/focus mechanism in particular is super-prone
to dirt, causing an "E18" error. I would recommend
a GOOD case, and carrying "decoupled" from the
(vibration of the) frame.

OTOH - great camera, great price, great features, great photos.

I just bought it's grandson - the A510, successor to the A75,
successor to the A60.

BugBear

 

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <[email protected]>,
"daren" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I take my Canon G5 on some rides. It has much of the versatility you
> might be looking for (F2 lens, manual exposure, adjustable flash power
> etc...). Of course it isn't exactly small or compact, but the quality
> is there (if you avoid bright edges into the sun).
>
> I do miss my 24mm Nikkor, but wide and (compact) digital don't yet gel.
>
> regards
> daren
> --
> remove outer garment for reply

I'm not sure if a wide-angle adapter lens is available for the G5, but I
suspect so, as the Canon A-series has one. Olympus does offer the
C-5050, a "wide zoom", and there are a few other non-SLR digitals with
3-4x lenses that are biased to the wide end, though I doubt many start
below a 28mm (35mm equivalent) lens.

ObCam: I have a little Nikon Coolpix 2500, a wildly outdated little
thing which is reasonably small, reasonably good, and protects its lens
very well. That last is an important feature for me.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

 

[bryanska]

Here's a blog entry from my MS 150 ride. Nice photos and a video of a
waterfall during the ride.

 

[C.J.Patten]

"Pete Biggs" <p@honeydewbiggs{remove_melon}.tc> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> I will carry one too after getting a compact digi at long last. It'll
> make my rides much longer... timewise, that is
>
> I miss the versatility and quality of my old SLR but that is too big &
> heavy to carry on the road bike at all (without a lot of bother).

I hear you. I'm definately an old-school SLR guy - worked as a nature &
wildlife photographer for a while - but it's a bit inconvenient.

I'm consistantly impressed with the Canon line of Digital rangefinder
cameras. The "A" series (A40 through A95 I think) seem to all have full
manual modes - real enthusiasts cameras.

Now that I've got that huge rear rack to work with, I'll have room for a
DSLR when I can afford one.

BTW: THANK YOU to everyone posting their links! Wonderful pictures - keep em
coming!

Chris

 

[bryanska]

Here's my blog entry from the MS 150 tour I just finished.

http://www.theevilwebsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/6/14/940335.html

 

[C.J.Patten]

"bugbear" <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> Watch out for reliability. I had trouble, and others have too.

Thanks for the heads up... I'll keep it well protected!

C.

 

[Colorado Bicycler]

Hey, I was 59yo when that pic

http://members.aol.com/dnvrfox?/fambicy.htm

was taken several years ago. It was on Ride the Rockies between Ward
and Estes Park on the Peak to Peak Highway, and it was taken
professionally.

Have to get a more recent decet photo somewhere, now that I am 65.

 

[Colorado Bicycler]

Hey, I was 59yo when that pic

(That URL got screwed up somehow

http://members.aol.com/dnvrfox/fambicy.htm

 

[Zog The Undeniable]

C.J.Patten wrote:

> Having just gotten my hands on a digital camera (my first still camera in a
> few years) I'm happy to find it fits perfectly in my seat-bag along with the
> break-away gear! 8D

Rarely. I have a pair of screw-mount Leicas and the sure-fire way to
**** up the rangefinder adjustment is to carry them on a bicycle. They
can't take the vibration.

 

[Kirby James]

I use a (4-year old) 4 Mpixel Olympus C-40 Zoom - it has a sliding cover
for the lens - so can be carried in a pocket or bag without a bag of its
own.

Sample pictures at http://www.lkjh.org/bike/italy/index.html

Kirby

 

[C.J.Patten]

"Kirby James" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I use a (4-year old) 4 Mpixel Olympus C-40 Zoom - it has a sliding cover
>for the lens - so can be carried in a pocket or bag without a bag of its
>own.
>
> Sample pictures at http://www.lkjh.org/bike/italy/index.html


http://www.lkjh.org/bike/italy/buonconvento_montalcino/p7204.jpg
LMAO!

Nice pictures. Did you stitch the panoramas together from multiple shots?

 

[Fritz M]

C.J.Patten wrote:

> Anyone have any cycling photos of their own to post?

I often carry a camera with me when I'm on bike, usually my Olympus
C3020. My most recent on-bike photo essay starring nearly 500 roadies
on a group ride is at:

http://www.masoner.net/photos/bike/kornfield/

Somebody mentioned taking photos from the bike toward the rear. I just
point the camera blindly behind me and sometimes I get lucky. A couple
of images in the kornfield series were done that way.

RFM

 

[Bob Anderson]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:56:44 -0400, "C.J.Patten"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Show of hands: who carries a camera when cycling?

Canon Powershot Digital Elph S410. Small, takes nice pictures,
fits in the back pocket of my jersey, or bike bag.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/s410.html

Lots of Digital Elphs to pick from these days, nice sturdy little
camera, quality shots, good color.

Never know when a good shot will present itself, or might ride
into an interesting event, or even become one. I try to have it
with me most of the time, on or off the bike.




---
"BitwiseBob" - Bob Anderson
Eugene Oregon

 

[David Martin]

Fritz M wrote:
> C.J.Patten wrote:
>
> > Anyone have any cycling photos of their own to post?
>
> I often carry a camera with me when I'm on bike, usually my Olympus
> C3020. My most recent on-bike photo essay starring nearly 500 roadies
> on a group ride is at:
>
> http://www.masoner.net/photos/bike/kornfield/
>
> Somebody mentioned taking photos from the bike toward the rear. I just
> point the camera blindly behind me and sometimes I get lucky. A couple
> of images in the kornfield series were done that way.

Or with the subjects saying 'left, right, up, down' as appropriate..
Thats how I have managed to get a few nice pics more than the 'blind
point behind' method.

...d

>
> RFM

 

[Mark McNeill]

Response to Leo Lichtman:
> Is that a 4 x 5? Just wait...maybe you will be able to get a digital "film
> holder" before long.

That's a 10x8; the sheer size of it (not to mention the other bits to
carry along) was the main problem on a bike, necessitating a big
backpack and a lot of care; needless to say, I never went very far with
it on a bike. Come to think of it, it should fit into the panniers I
have at the moment, if ever I wanted to try it again.


The Wista really was one of those once- or twice-in-a-lifetime bargains;
about a week after I decided to look for a 10x8 camera, I saw the ad,
priced cheap for a quick sale. Long before the days of Ebay. ;-)


Before then, I used to use an MPP 5x4 -

http://www.mppusers.freeuk.com/micropressintbk.jpg

which in several ways resembled a leather-covered lead ingot. Cycling
home from a friend's house with it in the backpack, I hit a bad camber
and a greasy road, and went straight over, falling right on the camera.
I hurt for a week; the MPP was undamaged, natch.


--
Mark, UK

"For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to
believe, but in their readiness to doubt."

 

[Mark McNeill]

Response to C.J.Patten:
> (I still have a medium format camera and an old 35mm Voigtlander here.)

I really, really wanted a good rangefinder (had a few bad ones...), and
was always on the lookout for a bargain; if I was going to get back into
film photography, that's the sort of thing I'd go for.


--
Mark, UK

"Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After
that you hang them up to let them season."

 

[David Lowther]

> "Fritz M" <[email protected]> wrote
> C.J.Patten wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any cycling photos of their own to post?

Yes, mainly of the lanes in Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire.

http://www.dlowther.demon.co.uk/phcyc257.htm

Anyone know what the structure in the above photo is ?

I think the door in the top left wall is about the size of a
normal house door, so that would make the walls perhaps
8 feet high. There are no other buildings close by.

Best guess is an ex walled garden.

Dave.

 

[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, David Lowther
('[email protected]') wrote:

>
>> "Fritz M" <[email protected]> wrote
>> C.J.Patten wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone have any cycling photos of their own to post?
>
> Yes, mainly of the lanes in Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire.
>
> http://www.dlowther.demon.co.uk/phcyc257.htm
>
> Anyone know what the structure in the above photo is ?
>
> I think the door in the top left wall is about the size of a
> normal house door, so that would make the walls perhaps
> 8 feet high. There are no other buildings close by.
>
> Best guess is an ex walled garden.

That's exactly what it is. It there a nearby Big Hoose? Even if there
isn't, that's what it is. If you're into market gardening or
nurserying, it would be a good place to rent, both because of the
shelter provided by the walls and because the soil inside will have
been intensively worked for generations and that goodness will not all
be gone.

--
[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb.

 

[Kirby]

C.J.Patten wrote:
> Nice pictures. Did you stitch the panoramas together from multiple shots?

Yes - I used the excellent PanoTools software with PtGui
Kirby