Originally Posted by
mrodgers
I just need to figure out how to carry my camera. I don't use a little pocket point and shoot. My camera is a larger body superzoom camera, the Fuji S700. I can't use a camera that doesn't have manual control or an actual viewfinder (I'm a control freak, I need to control the camera, or at least have some control of settings in the semi manual modes as I can't stand when a camera exceeds it's ability and automatically takes something of horrible quality at ISO 800 or something.) It seems a bit big to be able to put it accessibly in a bag mounted on the bike.
I don't commute, but I do want to carry my camera at all times. My wife's camera which I could carry is terrible at selecting the focal point as such I can't use it. Was really wishing I had the camera when the bald eagle swooped down out of the tree while riding one of my few rides this month.
I use a Lumia 1020 smartphone with 41 megapixel, ois camera. Aperture is fixed at 2.2, but otherwise I have full control. The native Nokia camera app provides shutter speed up to 4 sec, and manual control of iso, white balance, focus. I also have a $2 app with HDR, time lapse, shadow recovery, contrast and saturation control. It won't match a high end DSLR, but it takes really awesome photos. With the optional camera grip attachment I have 50% extra battery, tripod mount, very nice shutter button, plus and 290 grams total for Nokia 1020, camera grip attachment, and small joby gorillapod. Camera/phone and tripod will fit into the bag 10 wheels shows above on top tube. The native nokia camera app saves raw files as well.
I got this phone for taking social media photos for my business, and it is a game changer to have a camera of this quality with you at all times, rather than picking up a camera and going looking for a photo opportunity.
Here is a photo taken by a professional with this camera/phone:
National Geographic - Nokia