Blogging cameras
Anna has enjoyed her Canon
Powershot SX20 over the
last two and a half years, but the camera finally gave up the
ghost. Dirt has caused an intermittent lens error for most of the
camera's life. Usually, we can simply do a hard reboot and the
camera starts working again, but this time around none of the recommended
tricks solved the problem.
We plan to see if a camera
repair shop can do any better next time we're in the big city, but in
the meantime, we decided to upgrade our high-tech camera to a Nikon
Coolpix L810. Until
the L810 arrives, my Nikon
Coolpix L22 will be the
primary blog camera.
The L22 often outperformed the Canon in picture quality, even though it
lacked the supermacro features and extensive zoom, and the price and
size are both very reasonable. We hope the Nikon Coolpix L810
will be an upgrade in all departments.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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In my experience camera repairs (especially the small and fiddly lenses you find on smaller cameras) often cost more than a replacement camera, let alone the day value.
For blogging photos consider buying a secondhand DSLR body with a decent zoom or macro lens. You can pick up a Nikon D70 (with lens) for $100-200 (depending on the lens). A body can be had for around $60.
I am a photographer as well. I added a UV to the lens, but would NEVER ditch the lenscap. I would cary without one, but always stored the lenscap. next, the biggest advantage to the uv is that it always kept dirt off the more expensive lens, while allowing you to shoot. I typically use my cell phone for my blog photos and videos. I know i have the camera and techniques, but it is just so darn convenient to use that phone! "Check out my Survivalist Blog at the Clever Survivalist and read daily Survival Guide content."