New travel camera

[motocamper]

Greetings
Our Canon G-10 is showing signs of age and some scratched in the lens with 4 years old with about 50,000 miles. The wife is the camera operator while we ride. We are looking for a replacement.
What camera do you ride with and why did you choose it?
Thanks Tony

[Lee]

I was impressed with Voni's pictures and asked her what she used. Her camera, as of last year was a Panasonic Lumix with a 16X Zoom.
I decided to go with a Lumix also, but picked a cheaper 10X Zoom.
My camera is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ1 Red that I bought from Amazon on sale for $120. http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Lumi...=lumix+dmc-sz1 Right now the Black sells for $126 on Amazon.
I bought it because the reviews were good and the price was cheap enough, if I lost it or dropped it off the bike, I would not cry.
I've had it for about a year and I'm pleased with the picture quality and ease of use.
The 3" LCD screen is easy to view outside and the small camera body makes it nice to carry in a pocket.

[Voni]

As you can see I truly love the Panasonic Lumix ZS10 and take it everywhere. It's pretty tough and when I noted dust caused a discolored spot inside, the warranty covered fixing it for free!

Voni
sMiling

[Lee]

Here's a link for the ZS10
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMC-...mc-zs10+camera

[Voni]

I LOVe refurbished and this is almost half the price:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...on=refurbished

$105 But hurry!

I've noticed that AMazon prices can vary by the minute so keep looking and it may go down.

Voni
sMiling

[dancogan]

There are many truly great compact cameras available. I, too, carry a Panasonic Lumix and captured a shot in Colorado last summer that made a beautiful, high quality 13X19" print. With the small cameras I feel safe carrying it on a lanyard around my neck, with the camera under my riding jacket. There's no searching for it when a picture opportunity arises. You really can't go wrong with any of the major brands.

[PGlaves]

None of the majors make bad cameras but some are better than others, even at a given price range.

You need to decide what is important. megapixels, sensor sensitivity, zoom capability, image stabilization, or other bells and whistles like face detection, lots of settings, etc.

Panasonic is using all glass Leica lenses with long zoom ranges. My DMC ZS9 has a 16 power optical zoom and image stabilization which work very well. I have a 20"x30" print on canvas which is excellent and hanging in the living room. This is because of the quality of the lens.

[tommcgee]

Greetings
Our Canon G-10 is showing signs of age and some scratched in the lens with 4 years old with about 50,000 miles. The wife is the camera operator while we ride. We are looking for a replacement.
What camera do you ride with and why did you choose it?
Thanks Tony

Oh boy, another "you should buy what I bought" thread.

My G10 was a great camera until a friend gave it the drop test on concrete -- it didn't pass. I'm a big fan of the high zoom Sony's and have owned 3 or 4, but all the brands have good offerings. This form factor is extremely versatile, much more so than the p&s cameras since the high zooms can do up to 50x optical zoom.

Latest camera for me is the Canon D5 Mk III. If my ole lady would get on the back of the bike, she'd have to learn how to use it.

I still have a G11, don't like it quite as much as the G10, but it's a keeper.