So where are your photos posted, Hanuman???

Patty,

I just take photos for fun and normally just pictures of my family or friends when we travel. You're welcome to look at them - http://khun-pook.smugmug.com/

Thanks, Hanuman! I just glanced and want to go back when I have time to really look at them. I picked Myanmar and want to see more of all of them.

The sage continues..... So I went to the great camera store. No Lowepro 300 or Kata like I wanted to look at. The guy there suggested the Think Tank Speed Racer, which is a belt system. Looked and felt great in the store (I couldn't take my equipment as we went from a different place than home where my equipment resides. So I bought it. Now home with the equipment is another story. Guess it's not made for smaller frames. The belt will barely tighten enough and the shoulder strap won't even come close. Plus it feels a LOT more unwieldy with my gear. Sooo, I went back to your photo, Hanuman, of the 200 and thought okay, I'll try that. (Now that I am home, I discovered I really do have the 200, not the 100.) I would never have believed that I could fit it all in, but thanks to your example, I tried it and it worked and it feels pretty good on my back. All that to say that I probably will return the Think Tank and use my Lowepro!! But I'll wear it around the house a bit more to decide.

So another long trip back to the store next weekend. But it is worth it to get the right one.

I am happy to hear that the example picture help you! When I was using the 200 I normally have the camera out, carrying it on the other shoulder opposite the sling bag's strap and this helped to distribute the weight a lot. When I travel, and I'm not using the camera and have it in the sling bag, I would rest it on my wheeled carry-on.

Good luck!

Thanks! (and I meant "saga" not sage!) Your advice has proved golden so far.

You're welcome. The Myanmar pictures were taken with my old 5D using the 24 - 70 F2.8L (7 years old) and the 70 - 300 DO IS which I have happily sold and bought the 70 - 200 F2.8L IS and a 70 - 200 F4L IS - my favourite for it's weight and sharpness. Thinking about the new 70 - 200 F2.8L IS mk2 now.....

One last thing if you look at my pictures, especially the "HDR" gallery, you will see a few pictures from Switzerland that I took with the then new 5D MK2. I was really surprised to see the how dirty my sensors was when I reprocessed the pictures into the HDR format. So much for the auto sensor cleaning of the MK2 and I was careful when I was changing lenses. Recommend you take your pec pads, sensor wipe and Elcipse E2 along to India as well.

P.S. Hanuman, RE the image you set a link to: From my home computer (bad wireless before) I could connect to it and that is an image I played around with on the computer--with various filters from Photoshop--so it's hardly a photo anymore!

not to brag, my point and shoot fits in my pocket easily...

I'm with Dogster on the point and click. Why not?

Since I've really become engaged with photography, I now travel with two camera bodies, three lenses, two battery packs, multiple filters, tripod--on and on.

However, some of my very best pictures that I ever took were with a Cannon point and click, which is the only camera I brought to India in 2006. http://photos.patpom.com/2358069 Two of these point and click photos have been published-in a London texbook and in a Darthmouth college poster-to my great surprise and delight.

If you have a good eye, you can take great pictures even with a disposable camera.

Although I drag all my camera equipement on my journeys, I never travel without my point and click. I love my point and click. It is always in my pocket, and like dogster alluded to, you might just catch that fire in the eye of your subject where a huge camera and hood would dim that light.

Never, ever travel wthout a point and click. Never.

Oh, and Hanuman, thank you SO much for the tips on the sling bag and the great photos of how it looks on an actual person (your charming daughter).

I'm off to Machu Picchu with all my gear and need a new bag. I've bookmarked this thread, so again, thanks!

BostonHarbor,

That's a place I'm planning to visit in the near future. Please post a review and pictures!!

I carry a small Canon Ixus as well and in good light the picture is quite good but the IQ(image quality) is no where near a DSLR. It takes pretty good HD video as well, but again only in good light.

Hanuman, I'm finally getting back to check your photos, which is what I'm doing right now. I LOVE your HDR photos! Thanks for posting the originals and the enhanced ones. Very cool.

I'm so happy that you like them! HDR is something new for me and I'm still learning.

Camera bag is packed! We get up at 3:30 AM tomorrow and we'll be off for our adventure.

Bon Voyage Patty. Looking forward to seeing your photos from India.