Actually, Esteban really amazed me when he pulled out a DSLR on the SoCal Riv Ride in August. Don't have the nerve to try it.
Have dropped a few cameras while trying to shoot while riding. Got a pretty good deal on a refurb Olympus Tough 6000 on eBay. Seems to be able to handle the abuse I throw at it (so far). Then again, did a short ride yesterday afternoon with the camera in the MUSA "railroad shirt" and never saw anything worth photographing. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Mar 29, 11:22 am, cyclotourist <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 29, 2010, at 4:41 AM, Angus wrote: > > > I second Jim's advice about taking pictures "on the fly." I'm > >> thinking about using a wrist strap again, digital cameras don't do > >> when when dropped from a moving bicycle...they do even less when when > >> run over by a mini-van. > > > A long lanyard that fits over one's neck and lets the camera ride > > comfortably in a jersey pocket might be even better- you don't have to ride > > with the camera wrist-strapped to you or risk dropping it while trying to > > get the strap over your wrist to take a picture. > > I've thought of doing that (long lanyard). For now I just stick w/ cheap > (~$50) cameras that I buy used on ebay. Mine are two or three generations > old, but still take fine P&S photos. I drop them a few times a year, but > that never really breaks them. The sensors go bad before anything else > does. I'd feel differently if I had a Leica or such. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > scientist guy- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
