I’m rather obsessive about carrying a camera with me, so I lug a Canon G11 around at all times. Why does one need to carry a somewhat bulky, heavy camera in her bag? This is why:
Moth on car window
Spontaneous moth photo action while waiting in the car for my ATM-visiting husband. I.e., pure mothy goodness!
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Oh, I know exactly how you feel! I’m a G11 guy, myself and I often feel cranky trying to lug around the bulky camera, yearning for something lighter that fits in your pocket – but never for long though!
I can’t do the things I can do with my G11 using my iPhone or any other camera phone and sometimes I just really need a good point and shoot, so I put up with the bulk and weight of my G11 rather happily. The macro is wonderful! I am normally a Nikon person (my DSLR, my first digital cameras, and my film cameras are all Nikons), but I was willing to cross over to the dark side to have a high quality point and shoot I could carry with me. Granted, I got the G11 because it was the closest thing to the Nikon Coolpix 995 I had as my first digital camera that I could get… :)
Love it! Don’t they have the cutest faces?
Agreed!
How do you keep the camera from getting overheated while you’re lugging it everywhere?
I’m super anal about protecting that camera. I always leave it inside a bag and in the shade if I’m out in the field. I NEVER leave it in my car. I try to keep it out of the sun as much as possible. It spends a lot of its life indoors with AC or evaporative cooling. It’s also really dry in AZ, so if I leave it in the shade it’s a lot cooler than in the sun, which isn’t so much the case where you live. And I have a waterproof bag for it that I also carry in my bag in case it starts raining or I’m going to be working near water. It’s a rather involved process, but it’s worked for nearly 2 years now!