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* Europe Camera Strategy: No Laptop *
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So last time, Hongyun and I visited the topic Cameras for Europe, we were wavering between going all out with the Canon HV20 (aff) (nice, but pricey) and going relatively lo-fi with a pair of Kodak cameras.
Well, we decided to get the Kodak V705 (aff) and see if that would fit the bill, then grab the V610 if we need to. So far the V705 has been phenomenally popular with us. I've used the panorama feature a few times and am planning to take as many panormas as I can now that it's drop dead simple. Here, take a look. Here's another one that shows the carnage of the 880/580 freeway debacle in the bay area.
I'm not even sure we're going to grab the V610 at this point since super zoom probably is not going to be necessary. I'm still considering taking the Rebel XT with some lenses with me, but only if we get a lot of couch surfing hits. But honestly, the thought of carrying around a large camera around my neck or a camera bag does not appeal to me.
On the subject of bringing a laptop, we've decided not to. Wait, what? I'm not bringing a laptop with me to Europe? The guy who brings his laptop to the can so he can keep reading blog postings about how everyone has screwed themselves by not reading their mortgage documents? Yep that's right...I, the eternally net-tethered one, am not going to bring a laptop. I'm hoping the withdrawl symptoms will subside a few days into the trip.
This doesn't mean, however, that we'll be sans technology. I'm considering getting some sort of backup solution so we can offload the memory cards for safe keeping. I've looked at a bunch of solutions both cheap and pricey and I think we're going to for one of the higher quality (read: not so cheap) ones. The Epson P-4000 (aff) may be the right little one for us. Why? Well for several reasons. It has a nice big screen, so we can actually verify that our files have arrived properly. It also plays DIVX files, so we can bring along a few movies for the down times when we're too pooped to party. The plan is to be able to hook this up to a PC when we have a chance and upload photos to our home storage system and flickr for safe keeping. Obsessive? A little, but it's a sound disaster prevention policy in my mind.
Also, there is a rebate on this little bad boy which brings it in just under $400 including shipping and no tax! After we get back, I'd probably just sell it off for near what I got it for and we'll get our money back.
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If you have an iPod, you can use Apple's ipod camera connector as another backup. Its 29 bucks so it might be worth trying.
Eric Murakami | May 15, 2007 04:14 PM