Cameras

Everyone on board has a camera. About 1/3rd have SLR’s (single lenses reflex cameras). These are obviously the best choice, but they take up a lot of space. There are husband and wife couples who each take their SLR’s on all the tours. (The SLR’s are great for action shots and for animal shots.)

But even these folks also carry a simple digital camera. That is all that we have. We bought a new camera for the trip, and we are happy with it. So far we have taken over 1300 shots. I’m sure others have taken 5x to 10x as many shots.

The suggestion that I have is to buy a simple pocket digital camera with the biggest zoom that you can find. We only have a 3x zoom. Another passenger had the same thing, and he bought a 7x zoom for about $350 in Hong Kong. Even if the camera is a little bigger or thicker, this is a nice feature to have. We have had lots of cases where we would have liked to zoom in or out more than our camera was capable of doing. At this point in the cruise I did not buy a new camera. I’m not sure whether that was the right choice, but if I were starting out fresh, I would buy a new camera with the greater zoom.