My original Canon Elph 780 lasted through about two years of riding that included getting thoroughly drenched at PBP--on that ride, the rear screen was so saturated with water that it stopped working, but the camera somehow kept taking pictures. Once it dried out, the screen started working again, although it never looked as good as it had before France. It finally stopped working a couple of months ago--just stopped taking pictures. My replacement Canon was about $45 on eBay.
I always carry my iPhone, which takes very nice photos but is way too slow to get going (turn it on, swipe on the home screen, etc.) and too expensive to risk dropping. --Eric N www.CampyOnly.com CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy On Dec 4, 2012, at 5:48 PM, Manuel Acosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Will to answer you question. The camera at the time was a Olympus Pen-3. I > like it but me being a fairly reckless picture taker the camera isn't really > living up to scuff to my standards of clumsiness. > Before this camera most my shots from previous reports was a Canon G11 a > camera that lasted a good two years of abuse. > What kind of abuse? Well it survived countless of falls at bike speeds, many > of wet and drenching rides and a dump into a river during a 3 day hiking > trip. It finally kicked the bucket after getting dumped in the SAME river on > the last 3 day hiking trip. > I like the quick shots of the PEN but with only a year under it's belt it > already has a broken screen, broken battery cover and it turns off after > taking a shot. > Its interesting because now it's forcing me to pick my shots and be a lot > more selective when taking pictures. Hence the better pictures. > I highly recommend playing with a film camera if you're looking to expand > your photography. My only reasoning is because it's expensive to develop > pictures and you get mad at yourself if you don't take really good shots. So > why don't I use film? Well the last film camera broke. > > My picture taking suggestion? I generally take pictures with the mentality of > trying to convey the whole experience in one shot. Take what looks good then > be super selective with what you want to post up. Eventually every now and > then you get good shots. After awhile you'll start knowing what you like. > > Any woo a picture of a camera proves that I should have gotten the g12: > http://flic.kr/p/cobWYU > > -Manny "not a photographer" Acosta > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Bkuy9WOLySwJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
