Lumix Camera Strap
What is the best bag to carry my camera and other things in Italy w / o worrying about theft or damage?
I have a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ18 (size DSLR). I will go to Rome for a week and I worry about having my camera stolen or damaged while I am there. I want a backpack kind of way to carry, but I would like to make it safe so I was not assaulted and the straps can not be reduced drastically. Any advice or ideas for a camera bag would be wonderful. I would also be able to carry things like water bottles, snacks and extra batteries.
I have to get something that looks like a camera bag something I carry in my body – not just over 1 shoulder. I definitely would not recommend a stock BUM – pickpocked I've seen lots more than anything else. The black bag I carry in the last photo on this page will http://hubpages.com/_yah/hub/Managing-your-Travel-Money size SLR cameras and probably more guidance small – sling me spare batteries, water, banana in another bag over his shoulder as a decoy BTW most of the dirty bag looks better! Do not forget of not leaving the camera out there that is not connected to his person in the hostels and restaurants – the worst place is probably sitting on the roadside cafes and bars. Get the camera insured, download the photos every few days to another card or a DVD or a laptop. The camera is interchangeable with the photos are not
The Intelligent Camera Fantastic Purchase – Ideal For Travelling
Fantasic camera that packs in many features into a small body with a 12x Optical Zoom that can be up to 48x with Digital Zoom added in ‘Normal Mode’.
The Digital Zoom feature is not available in the Intelligent Auto mode but the ‘Normal Mode’ (available on the mode selector dial) has many customisable features such as Quality, Sensitivity, White Balance, AF More, Metering Mode, Intelligent Exposure, and Min. Shutter Speed amongst others.
After having used the camera for a number of days I cannot fault it. It has received many excellent reviews on the Internet from many sites and it seems to live up to all of these so far.
Video recording can be performed with either the AVCHD Lite mode or Motion JPEG (which produces Quicktime .mov files). After trying taking movies in both modes I can say so far that the AVCHD Lite produces better quality footage. You can shoot up to 15 mins at a time and the manual recommends that you have a Class 6 SDHC card so that there are no errors when writing to the memory card. There is a dedicated record button on the rear of the camera so you can take footage very quickly.
Using the camera is very easy and the built-in menus are very simple to use. There are 27 individual modes to choose from including Fireworks, Aerial, Baby, Food, Beach, Snow, Starry Sky (with shutter speed selection of up to 60 sec), Sunset, Candle Light, Sports, Scenery, Night Scenery and Underwater (when used with the optional underwater case) and others.
The buttons feel very well built and the mode dial on the top is easy to use. Some Internet reviews did state that the wheel can be dislodged easily so that it can move out of the current mode – this has happened a few times when it is a case or pocket but is not a serious problem at all since you can just turn the dial back to the required mode. When you turn the dial you feel it ‘click’ slightly when it moves into another mode so that you can be sure which mode you are in. The LCD screen also shows which mode you are in when you turn the dial.
The camera comes very well packaged in a small, neat box which contains all the usual accessories (battery, wrist strap, battery case, charger, AV cable, USB cable, printed instruction manual for camera and supplied software as well as a software CD). The camera does not come with a case, screen protector, SDHC card or the HDMI AV cable but these can be purchased separately.
Overall I would give this camera 5 out of 5 and the powerful, compact zoom makes this a fantastic travelling camera and the 25mm wide angle lens makes a massive difference when taking landscape shots.
There are many images that I and other TZ7 owners have taken that are currently available on Flckr including a Group dedicated to TZ7 photos so they can give you a very good idea of the power of this camera.
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