What kind of camera do you take with you

[NLD]

Not a DLR visitor, but....

For WDW, I always bring the DSLR. Every day of the trip.

A good strap and the right bag can make a world of difference when it comes to carrying it all day.

As Pea-n-Me said, taking the pictures is one of the highlights of the trip. Disney is one of the most photogenic places there is.... would be torture to be there without the good camera!

 

[I'm mikey]

Really enjoying this thread, thanks everyone for posting! I just got the BlackRapid strap (woman's version) and I think I'm going to really like it.

And how did I not know there was a Photography forum on the DIS? I never leave the DL board. Now just one more place to spend time when I should be doing something else.

The only downside of this thread - now I want another lens so my trip expenses just increased by $600+.

Congrats on the new strap, you're going to love it! the blackrapid straps are
extremely comfortable to wear all day.

 

[Disco]

We need a new point and shoot big time! We have a Nikon D90, but need a little one also. I bought a Nikon one last year, it was terrible, kept getting lense errrors so I returned it to costo after our trip. Unfortunately, DL was the first time we used it and it wasn't a good camera.

I know alot of you here really like Cannon's. I've never owned a Cannon, but I know 3 people who've ended up with black spots in the pics on their Cannon's, anyone else experience this? I'm looking at the SX260 possibly.

I really wanted to get a Sony, I had one before and loved it, but it broke after 4 years But I can't find one I like.

Thanks everyone for sharing what you have, like, etc. I love reading your reviews and seeing your photos, it really helps and is very interesting!!

Most of the Nikons are pretty poorly rated. The Canons have good IQ but they are a little slow especially in the dark. I haven't heard of black spots. They had a recent issue with something breaking on newer models but I can't remember what it was. I think they offered to repair for free any way. I think you'd do OK with the SX260.
You might want to look at the Panasonics though. Most people seem pretty happy with them and they're pretty fast. DMC-ZS15 was rated pretty good.
If you want more features and even faster speed the Sony DSC HX20V is out there. It does trade that for slightly less quality in pictures and low light performance.
If you don't care about zoom range or money the Pan DMC-LX7 is nice. It's a little big but with a F1.4 lens it will do real good in low light situations. The bigger sensor will give much better quality shots than the above mentioned cameras too. Only a 3.75x zoom compared to the 20Xish for the above mentioned super zooms.