Show of hands: who carries a camera when cycling?

"GaryG" wrote in message
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When I'm on tours...sure, always. I carry a Canon Powershot S330 Digital
Elph. I'm going to Colorado later this week, with my registration and
food
paid for by my pictures from previous years (the tour organizers offered
me
a free trip, in exchange for the right to use some of my photos in their
marketing materials...which fulfills a lifelong dream of being a
"professional cycling photographer"!).

Tour de France 2004:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS...DF2004_001.htm

Ride Around Mt. Lassen 2004:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS...4/RAML_001.htm

Bicycle Tour of Colorado 2003:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS...03/BTC0017.htm

Ride Around Mt. Lassen 2003:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS...03/RAMS001.htm

Bicycle Tour of Colorado 2002:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS.../BTC2002_1.htm

Bicycle Tour of Colorado 2001:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS.../BTC2002_1.htm


Whoa! NICE shots! Makes me want to go on that tour!
Was there a gear van (or 20) following you guys and did anyone set out with
a full set of panniers - completely self-sufficient?

Have fun back in Colorado!

C.

"Ravi" wrote in message
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yes it is fun to carry a camera. My Sony cybershot fits in my jersey
pocket just fine and is easily accessible. I have dropped it only once -
that too when trying something funky (to capture my shadow on the road)...
i am in the process of putting together all my pics. will send a link to
you once it is up.

But few websites i am impressed with a
http://bushnell.homeip.net/~bill/bik...res/index.html
http://www.molenda.us/photos/hellyer...me-2004-08-20/


Nice shots! Did you get the rear-facing shots WHILE RIDING?! (you're braver
than I am...)

C.

C.J.Patten wrote:

"Ravi" wrote in message
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yes it is fun to carry a camera. My Sony cybershot fits in my jersey
pocket just fine and is easily accessible. I have dropped it only once -
that too when trying something funky (to capture my shadow on the road)...
i am in the process of putting together all my pics. will send a link to
you once it is up.

But few websites i am impressed with a
http://bushnell.homeip.net/~bill/bik...res/index.html
http://www.molenda.us/photos/hellyer...me-2004-08-20/



Nice shots! Did you get the rear-facing shots WHILE RIDING?! (you're braver
than I am...)

please note these are not mine !! it is Bill Bushnell's - i have made
some attempts, but totally out-of-focus however some of the side
shots have come out pretty decently.

+ravi

C.

"C.J.Patten" wrote in message
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"GaryG" wrote in message
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When I'm on tours...sure, always. I carry a Canon Powershot S330
Digital
Elph. I'm going to Colorado later this week, with my registration and
food
paid for by my pictures from previous years (the tour organizers offered
me
a free trip, in exchange for the right to use some of my photos in their
marketing materials...which fulfills a lifelong dream of being a
"professional cycling photographer"!).

Tour de France 2004:

http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS...DF2004_001.htm

Ride Around Mt. Lassen 2004:

http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS...4/RAML_001.htm

Bicycle Tour of Colorado 2003:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS...03/BTC0017.htm

Ride Around Mt. Lassen 2003:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS...03/RAMS001.htm

Bicycle Tour of Colorado 2002:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS.../BTC2002_1.htm

Bicycle Tour of Colorado 2001:
http://www.shastasoftware.com/CycliS.../BTC2002_1.htm


Whoa! NICE shots! Makes me want to go on that tour!
Was there a gear van (or 20) following you guys and did anyone set out
with
a full set of panniers - completely self-sufficient?

It's a great tour, and quite inexpensive (compared to some of the high end,
hand-holding tours). They have big trucks for your gear, and rest stops
every 20 miles or so. All you have to do each morning is pack up your
stuff, throw it on the truck, hop on your bike, and ride.
http://www.bicycletourcolorado.com for more details.

GG


Have fun back in Colorado!

Always!


C.

in message , C.J.Patten
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Having just gotten my hands on a digital camera (my first still camera
in a few years) I'm happy to find it fits perfectly in my seat-bag
along with the break-away gear! 8D

I often carry a Practica DCZ 3.2 S with me on the bike. It's small,
light, simple, inexpensive and takes reasonable pictures. I carry it in
my bar bag, and can get it out, switch it on and take pictures while on
the move, this one

URL:http://www.stewartry-wheelers.org/wheelers/pictures/angus_old_edinburgh.jpg

being a case in point (taken Saturday). I used to carry an SLR with me,
but it was too heavy and too valuable and not really convenient. I now
have a digital SLR which I use for most of my photography, but while
it's a really nice camera it isn't practicable to carry it on the bike.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; Women are from Venus. Men are from Mars. Lusers are from Uranus.

C.J.Patten wrote:
"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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which one do you have? Mine is too big to bother with on the bike. If it
were the size of my iPod Shuffle....


Bought a used Canon A60.
Here's the skinny: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/a60.html

I have one of those and like it a lot except for:

it has lost the ability to remain at infinity focus so for landscapes I
have to use the manual setting.
It sometimes decides to not want to take the photo, or to faff a long
time before doing so.

Having said that it is a great camera for taking pictures while riding.
See http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/~dmamartin/ride.html where many
were taken 'in flight' and ~dmamartin/wellbank/ (likewise).

...d

"Colorado Bicycler" wrote in message
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Canon Power Shot A75 or Argus DC 3500 or HP Photo Smart (older and much
larger). Used a tiny Sipix for awhile, but it kept screwing up and
losing memory, and needed to be reset by the computer program quite
regularly.

I got pics all over the internet!

Hand.

As they say on the potato chip bag: Some _specially_ selected photo's

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/siklelogical/my_photos

I received a nice 35 mm camera as gift... oh 5 years or so ago - too nice
for my limited photographic skills. It is pre-digital. I don't always take
it because of size and fears of damaging it. It not being digital means I
manually scan them into the computer - a bit of a pain.

Anyways, that is what I use for photos. I've pretty much covered the local
trails. I still have some more from my 2004 trip I'm meaning to scan and
upload.

--
'The place I come from
is with me all the time' -meredith brooks

Well, I didn't post links because they are in Forums, on my web page
and also because my web page contains a variety of pic sources - some
scanned in, some originally "professional" etc.

FWIW, here are a few, mostly digital.

http://members.aol.com/dnvrfox/fambicy.htm

Mostly from various digital cameras.

C.J.Patten wrote:
Having just gotten my hands on a digital camera (my first still
camera in a few years) I'm happy to find it fits perfectly in my
seat-bag along with the break-away gear! 8D

I will carry one too after getting a compact digi at long last. It'll
make my rides much longer... timewise, that is

I miss the versatility and quality of my old SLR but that is too big &
heavy to carry on the road bike at all (without a lot of bother).

~PB

Colorado Bicycler wrote in message
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Well, I didn't post links because they are in Forums, on my web page
and also because my web page contains a variety of pic sources - some
scanned in, some originally "professional" etc.

FWIW, here are a few, mostly digital.

http://members.aol.com/dnvrfox/fambicy.htm

You're sure looking good in that first photo. Looks like quite a slope you
were working up, too.

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Claire Petersky
Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/
See the books I've set free at:
http://bookcrossing.com/referr*al/Cpetersky