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Pastimes : Canoes, Hiking, the Great Outdoors
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (60)1/15/1999 9:00:00 AM
From: Crocodile  Read Replies (2) of 325
 
Steve,

I'm looking for a new camera too and would like to know what is popular with other paddler-photographers. I "inherited" an old Argus/Cosina 35mm which is over 25 years old. It's a pretty tough old camera and has managed to survive many nasty misadventures. The only problem is that it is just getting worn out from old age... I have to tape the back of it shut with black electric tape because light can get into it now (worn edges here and there). It still takes great photos and I know exactly what it can or cannot do, and how a shot will look through it depending on the settings and light, etc... but its days are numbered (unfortunately).

So, I've begun looking around for a new camera. I have to admit that when my KANAWA magazine arrived yesterday (from Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association), the back cover ad for the Nikon Pronea S caught my eye immediately. I think I'll do some sleuthing to find out more about it. The ad claims that "among lens-interchangeable autofocus single-lens reflex cameras, the Pronea S camera body is the world's smallest in volume,...and smallest and lightest camera with a standard zoom lens attached (as of Sept.1, 1998)". Small and light sounds very appealing to the "hiker" in me. The body of the camera is sleek (nothing protruding and asking to be smashed off...)...and it looks like the body is made of metal (so it can't get cracked in a fall...)... yep... the new camera has to be tough if it is going to fill the shoes of the old Argus...(-:

I guess that my biggest concern apart from "endurance" is whether a camera will take a really good photo. The old camera allowed for a lot of manual adjustment, so that's what I'm accustomed to. I'm not sure how I'll like a camera which is basically automatic. Perhaps you will know....(?)

Talk later,
Croc
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