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What tech to take
All I use is an iPhone 5. I find iPhone as opposed to Samsung, etc, to be the best to achieve punchy, well saturated and pleasing images straight off the bat. For me it's plenty for amateur blogging - I write a rr over at ADVrider and people seem surprised when they find out I'm only using an iPhone as a camera.
I also really love using smartphones for photography in general as they are so commonplace you blend in with locals and are granted a lot of freedom which is impossible with dSLR's.
If you are doing something for sponsorship deals I can understand the need for high-end stuff. Still for all those 28 megapixel images taken on state of the art 3D sensors, most people will be seeing your photos at 1024x768 compressed Jpegs on 5" screens!
For me carrying around 3k worth of electrical stuff in economically less developed parts of the world is just not worth the hassle unless it's going to make me an income. I often wonder too if having a GoPro type camera strapped to your head makes you a lot less approachable to local people. If never wear one for that reason.
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Originally Posted by ridetheworld
All I use is an iPhone 5. I find iPhone as opposed to Samsung, etc, to be the best to achieve punchy, well saturated and pleasing images straight off the bat. For me it's plenty for amateur blogging - I write a rr over at ADVrider and people seem surprised when they find out I'm only using an iPhone as a camera.
I also really love using smartphones for photography in general as they are so commonplace you blend in with locals and are granted a lot of freedom which is impossible with dSLR's.
If you are doing something for sponsorship deals I can understand the need for high-end stuff. Still for all those 28 megapixel images taken on state of the art 3D sensors, most people will be seeing your photos at 1024x768 compressed Jpegs on 5" screens!
For me carrying around 3k worth of electrical stuff in economically less developed parts of the world is just not worth the hassle unless it's going to make me an income. I often wonder too if having a GoPro type camera strapped to your head makes you a lot less approachable to local people. If never wear one for that reason.

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Can't fault you with the iPhone for photos, all my photos on all my trips were done on the iPhone. Great bit of kit I use it with the location setting on so it even tells you where the photos were taken when you go into the gallery or transfer them to your Mac
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