Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - Good Digital for Bike

Ok, who out there carries a digital camera with them on rides? I'm looking for something that's small and thin that could potentially be carried in my jersey pocket. And of course, it must take great mobile pictures. Anyone, anyone?

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(slighty off topic, sorry).
I use a phone camera (htc) as it's also a GPS and a phone, for on bike snaps of interesing things I see. If i want to take decent photos I bite the bullet and take my proper camera with bag.

So I have nothing really to say that helps, sorry.

If I'm out riding, I'm usually working too hard to think about taking pictures... That said, I'd suggest you take a look at Canon's PowerShot SD cameras. My buddy has a PowerShot SD1000 that seems pretty small, light (125g) and takes great pictures. There's a newer model (SD1100 IS) that offers image stabilization. Higher-end models offer more megapixels, but also more weight. I've been very happy with my PowerShot SD500. I've probably take more pictures with it than my Digital Rebel XT...

When I'm on a ride I definitely want pix of, I carry this:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XbnI8he5L._SL500_AA280_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-SD870IS-Digital-Stabilized/dp/B000V20S3G/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1221582507&sr=8-1)
The Canon PowerShot SD870 IS (http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-SD870IS-Digital-Stabilized/dp/B000V20S3G/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1221582507&sr=8-1).

It takes great pictures, better--in fact--than my Nikon D50. It's small, (somewhat) light weight, and fits nicely in my jersey pocket. It is not easy to take pix while riding (is there such a camera?), but can be done (I have) when on a straight-away with smooth pavement, and lots of room to maneuver safely. A little expensive: I got mine at a Best Buy for $350 about 6 months go. But it looks like prices have fallen.

I have just recently purchased an iPhone 3G and have started carrying that with me (a neat little application (http://www.pathtracks.com/) and the iPhone's built-in GPS allows me to record the routes I take when riding). Although I don't expect the picture quality to come close to the Canon, I will be experimenting more and more with the camera to see how well that works.

I bought a Cannon SD1100 for my wife. It's light, not too big, takes great pics, and would do well for concealed carry. :)

I wanted a decent camera that wouldn't make me cry if I dropped it while riding, so price was a consideration. For less than a hundred bucks, I got a Kodak M753 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8994163&type=product&id=1218007082702). Takes pretty good pictures, has some kind of anti-blur setting to steady the image, is small enough to fit in a jersey pocket and won't bust the budget if it needs to be replaced...oh yeh...they're almost always on sale someplace.

I've got a Canon G7. On my old bike, I could loop the little camera case's beltloop around the handlebars... on the new one, I can't. I'm trying to figure out if I should just deal with it, mount it to the handlebars a la the Y! bike, or figure out a new way to secure it at easy access.

If I'm out riding, I'm usually working too hard to think about taking pictures


I ride like a wuss so I've always got time for pics!:D

Sony Cyber-Shot 6.0. Works ok, I think!:p



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Y'know sump'n, Beanz...it was looking at your "action shots" that convinced me to get a small, cheap digital to carry around on the bike.

Peer pressure? You're a bad influence, man:thumb:

Ok, who out there carries a digital camera with them on rides? I'm looking for something that's small and thin that could potentially be carried in my jersey pocket. And of course, it must take great mobile pictures. Anyone, anyone?

I carry one of four cameras, sometimes more then one at once, depending on the kind of pix I want, if I just want some images, and don't really care how they look, I takes my wifes Canon Powershot A85, an older point and shoot camera. One of these days, I'll buy her a new one, and lay claim to the A85, just for taking riding.....
If I want decent photos, in less then ideal conditions, I take my Digital Rebel. If I want to get an excellent image no matter what the conditions, I take one of my two film cameras, debating about selling the film gear and buying another lens for the DR, but can't get much for it anymore, so I might as well keep it, and run a roll through each, once a year or so..... The film gear is old stuff, one is 30, and the other is about 25, as you can tell, I am a firm believer that for cameras, there is no such thing as obsolete. Then again, that applies to bicycles as well :D

If your buying a camera, and want decent photos, stick to the companies known for making cameras: Canon, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, they tend to have better optics, and more photographer oriented design. One thing to remember, although the most marketed feature is often the Megapixel count, they have passed the point where it really matters. For an 8x10 print, 6MP is sufficient, for an 11x14 8MP is sufficient, and the current crop of 10MP cameras is plenty for a 16x20 print, although this isn't the case mathematically, most people do not go right up to a large print, they stand back far enough to see the whole image, so a slightly lower resolution is perfectly acceptable. For web use, even an elderly 1MP is often good enough. If you see Digital Zoom, ignore it, all it does is crop the image something you can easily do on the computer. I see checking one of the online vendors, that there are several little Point and Shoot 7MP digital cameras for under $100, probably your best bet, it if gets broken or stolen, it's not a big loss.....

Y'know sump'n, Beanz...it was looking at your "action shots" that convinced me to get a small, cheap digital to carry around on the bike.

Peer pressure? You're a bad influence, man:thumb:


Ahhh Cool! Wish I had mine sooner. 2 years now and everytime is fun. I'm lucky to have this trail so that I'm always running into new forum people. Good thing cause although I like purty sights, I'm not a cow and cotton person!:D

Welcome to the world of pics!:p

I usually have a camera on weekend rides, always on tours. There are 561 pictures tagged with "bicycle" in my Flickr account (http://flickr.com/photos/neilfein/tags/bicycle) at the moment.

I have a cheap Kodak EasyShare. It takes surprisingly good pictures for a camera that was inexpensive and the first camera I saw that was decent. It's held up for a few years now, but is starting to die; I need to use a card reader to sync pictures, and the card door is falling off.

I used Canon Powershot SD 750 it has high ratings and takes nice photos. I find that if I take time to take photos (I don't often enough) I begin to enjoy/recognize the beauty around me more. So often I take it for granted.

One idea I saw was a guy had his camera on a long lanyard that he looped over his head and shoulders and the camera was at his side. I didn't pay attention to how it hung while he rode, but it would be handy to grab and use. And I think this is key. I took a couple of shots on the move, by reaching for the camera in my shirt pocket and clicking away. I was surprised to see that there wasn't any motion blur.

The Olympus Stylus line is indestructible. I wiped a double black at Fernie last year with this around my WRIST, smashing trees and what not, and it did not break. No water got in the lens, nothing. There's a couple dings, but that's the extent of the damage. Wal-Mart carries it, if you're on a budget, and it was under 200 when I bought mine.

Thanks all for the comments. I'm going to check some out this weekend and see what I can find.

I'm waiting for the newest cellphones to arrive. Sony-Ericsson, Samsung and Nokia have phones with 8mp focussable cameras coming out (they're out in Europe) and GPS. The Sony-Ericsson has a xenon flash.

Just about any point and shoot above 2 mega pixels (I think that's everything these days) should do fine unless you plan on printing photos much larger than a 4x6. For digital storage and sharing on the net it is rather unnecessary to buy the highest mega pixel you can find.

Kodak Easy Shares are tough, so are the older HP's. The only brand I have had bad luck with is Fuji, I love the design and features but I have had two of their cameras crap out in less than a year.

I have two, a HP 5.2 MP thing that began to go haywire soon after purchase (never buy the demo model at Wal-Mart) and my Kodak Easyshare 12 MP, which I love. It's always around my neck when I ride and take photos. See my avatar, for instance. Or my Flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thehistorian/

Water and shockproof Olympus SW1030. I don't own it but am considering it, since it's small, very light, takes decent photos under most lighting, and is both water and shockproof.

Also, there are some good suggestions for pocket size cameras that the DSLR enthusiasts like when they don't bring the big equipment: Canon group (http://www.flickr.com/groups/canondslr/discuss/72157607124982206/) on flickr.