You can get a great digital cam for $300. Spend the extra money on a couple
of extra 128 meg memory cards. Many photo shops and cyber cafes can transfer
your pix directly from the cam to CD rom, allowing you to both free up
memory and know that you have the pix permanently saved. Worked out great
for me, and I had never used my new cam before my trip. Finally read the
manual about five days before the end of the two week trip. I love my pix
and my digicam. Go digital.
"Asaf" wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I plan on traveling to Galapagos, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia for 5
> weeks. The trip will get rough sometimes with 5 days in the jungle or
> 10 days on a boat leaving so little time to refuel a digital camera. I
> am perplexed on whether should I bring my SLR (Cannon Rabel 2000,
> 28-300mm Tamron lens) or should I take the plunge and buy a digital
> camera for that trip. A decent camera would cost about $700. this
> being said, theft in those countries is a factor as well, especially
> when the pictured are saved with the camera and cannot be easily
> separated as in films
>
> I doubt that short battery life and limited memory will be able to
> compete with the traditional camera, though I will feel bad developing
> the films after the trip and learn things that would be better learned
> after I take the picture, where I can still correct them.
>
> As you can understand I like both worlds but need your help in
> deciding on the best one. if you have any experience traveling with a
> digital in such trip, please tell me what you think. any other advices
> would be greatly appreciated (like, what should I look in a camera to
> be suited for such trip?)
>
> Thanks! ;)
> Asaf.
>
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