We’re going on a big family vacation with Denis’ side this summer, to Florida – mainly Disney, although we plan to hit Sea World and a couple of other places while we’re there. Even though I still have more than three months to plan, I’m starting to think about various things we’ll need to bring and how we’re going to get everyone and everything through the airport.
My biggest concern at the moment is cameras. We have three cameras we use on a somewhat regular basis: the digital SLR, a digital point-and-shoot, and a digital video camera. I’m OK with leaving the video camera home as we don’t use it that much anyway, my real dilemma is which still camera to bring. I really adore my digital SLR, and don’t really want to leave home without it, but I’m feeling like it would be a hassle to carry it through the parks. Plus I imagine my worry about valuable things that could get lost should probably be more focused on the munckin than a camera. (To that end, I’m thinking I might get one of these for her. Do you think that’s too paranoid?)
The pros of the digital point-and-shoot are that it’s small, takes decent pictures (especially outdoors, where we’ll mostly be) and can also take small video snippets. The cons? It’s not my digital SLR.
The pros of the SLR are that it takes fabulous pictures, has a better flash, and has interchangeable lenses. The cons? It’s big, heavy, has extra lenses, and doesn’t take video.
The choice is clear, right? So why am I obsessing? Besides, if I bring the little camera, I can buy one of these nifty bags (in lime green, of course!) and stick the camera right in that handy-dandy side pocket. And I’ve never been known to pass up a chance to buy a new bag…