I will agree with Sam that the ‘geeky’ discussions are more interesting to me than “should I take a sport jacket”, “what kind of shoes should I wear” etc. These do have a place for the novice Tauck travelers, but I won’t have anything to contribute to those discussions. Discussions about travel photography, connecting to river boat Wi-Fi, cell phone coverage overseas, forum software bugs and tricks etc. are more of interest to me. I do read all the posts however, unless I get too far behind.
Using my iPhone Pro and ditching the DSLR for the Morocco trip was liberating! I carried a small power bank that I never needed to use.
I will only carry the bulky DSLR camera for safari type tours. The iPhone photos were just fine...again, I'm not planning to enter any photos in a contest
We are going to Morocco soon. I’m guessing there will be blowing sand in some places so not a good place for a big camera. I had one ruined by sand even though it was in a plastic bag, sand got into the mechanism and the lens would not close.
My photos certainly aren't in the quality category that some aim for (and that I admire) but I do need them to be of good quality. Beyond just enjoying them for the memories we usually do photo Christmas cards and I need the quality to be good enough to reprint well. We have Samsung phones and my husband is much more knowledgeable in using it's features.
I do print my photos, I know - I'm an albatross - but it gives me joy to put together an album and I do heavy editing in my pictures, very rarely of me because I really don't like my picture taken, I have a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and it takes great pictures and has the availability of removing unwanted people or items form the picture.
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I will agree with Sam that the ‘geeky’ discussions are more interesting to me than “should I take a sport jacket”, “what kind of shoes should I wear” etc. These do have a place for the novice Tauck travelers, but I won’t have anything to contribute to those discussions. Discussions about travel photography, connecting to river boat Wi-Fi, cell phone coverage overseas, forum software bugs and tricks etc. are more of interest to me. I do read all the posts however, unless I get too far behind.
Using my iPhone Pro and ditching the DSLR for the Morocco trip was liberating! I carried a small power bank that I never needed to use.
I will only carry the bulky DSLR camera for safari type tours. The iPhone photos were just fine...again, I'm not planning to enter any photos in a contest
We are going to Morocco soon. I’m guessing there will be blowing sand in some places so not a good place for a big camera. I had one ruined by sand even though it was in a plastic bag, sand got into the mechanism and the lens would not close.
British I didn't encounter any sand issues...perhaps it wasn't blowing during our time of travel (late November)
My photos certainly aren't in the quality category that some aim for (and that I admire) but I do need them to be of good quality. Beyond just enjoying them for the memories we usually do photo Christmas cards and I need the quality to be good enough to reprint well. We have Samsung phones and my husband is much more knowledgeable in using it's features.
I do print my photos, I know - I'm an albatross - but it gives me joy to put together an album and I do heavy editing in my pictures, very rarely of me because I really don't like my picture taken, I have a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and it takes great pictures and has the availability of removing unwanted people or items form the picture.