I bought a Sony DSC-WX350 for use while riding. So far it has been great. I
sewed a camera case that latches with magnets and clips onto the inside of
my Ortleib handlebar bag. It is very tiny and light.
Clayton Bend OR
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I use a Sony TX7. The sliding lens cover also acts as the on/off switch.
Very easy to take it off the pocket, slide open, snap, put back as you
close the cover. Picture quality is decent, not great. Wide enough that you
can crop later.
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Dear Tim,
I carry a Ricoh GR (V), as there are no touch-screen controls, I can set
the thing to my desired level of interaction (how manual/automated do I
want it to be, and I like being able to frame, set aperture, and pick focus
point myself), and it is big enough that it isn't awkward to
I've used all manner of cameras while on the bike. Medium-format Hasselblad
500cm, 35mm, digital SLRs, iPhone, point and shoot, you name it.
The iPhone is great, but I have a few problems with it:
- It is horrible in the cold. Mine just stops working when it gets around
freezing temperature
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My personal suggestion is persist with the simplicity of your iPhone,
unless you want to become a hobby photographer. Get a photography book.
Learn the principles of solid framing and what makes a good photo. The
photographer has much more to say about the photo than the equipment does.
I love
When it gets cold enough (perhaps below zero?), I wear fingerless gloves
under my mittens. I found that for things needing dexterity, bare fingers
get it done better and faster and I'm back to moving again vs. gloves, so
the system works great for me.
In the meantime, you've got three seasons
I've tried the conductive fingered gloves. They are generally thin to the
point of being useless and either too loose (floppy and inexact) or too
tight (constrict blood flow, get cold fast). They seem designed for urban
use between buildings and transit, not use in extended exposure in the vast
If you do end up going the route of an actual camera, consider one with
tactile controls with buttons and dials, rather than a small camera with
everything buried in a screen-based menu system. It will help with
mitten-ed usage and impatience when composing a shot in bad weather. I
alternate
Patrick, you do EVERYTHING down to -20 degrees. I just find that I will rarely
take a photo in that kind of weather if it means I have to take off the gloves
(or lobster mitts.) But I really like the photos the iPhone takes
so...maybe...we'll see. It's warm enough now that I won't need fingered
I've had success with a Canon Powershot S95. It takes great pictures and
it is very durable. It has been beat on pretty badly and it keeps on
going. I remember that I did a great deal of research on point and shoot
cameras before buying the S95. I found this site to do very thorough
10-15 years ago or so, or back when digital cameras were still something
rather exotic instead of daily humdrum, there was a small contingent of
cycling photo enthusiasts who took pride in compiling albums of interesting
photos taken with cheap pen cameras, the kind that even back then
retailed
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