+1 on the small Canon cameras. I have one of those (SD 780 IS), and I carry it on the bike more than I do my Canon S95. The S95 takes better photos, but the SD780 is easy to use, smaller, and doesn’t cost as much—which means that if drop it while I’m riding I’m out about far less money for a new camera.
Regarding iPhones—I have an iPhone and an iPod Touch (which also takes nice photos and videos). I haven’t been able to use them successfully for on-the-bike photos. Both suffer from the same problem: You have to give a lot of attention to the device to get it out of your jersey pocket or handlebar bag, turn it on, compose the photo, and shoot. You can’t do it without looking, given the need to swipe across the screen to turn it on, get the Camera app started, etc. Compare that with most dedicated digital cameras, which are easy to operate by feel. The iPhone and iPod are both great cameras, but they don’t work well for me while riding. If you take most of your photos while stopped, they would probably work quite well. I often bring my Garmin VIRB camera to shoot video. It will take still photos, but they’re not as good as what you’ll get from a decent digital camera. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > On Apr 13, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I like the tiny Canons for bike usage. They used to call them the "elph" > series but I don't know what they are called now. > > On Apr 12, 2015 6:26 PM, "'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch" > <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>> wrote: > I never used to take photos when riding, but last year I started. I've used > my iPhone, which is ok, but it only works in weather that's warm enough for > fingerless gloves. And I'm sure I could take better pictures with a better > camera. So I'm looking for something that's light, durable, easy to use and > takes nice pictures. What do you all use? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
