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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Jun 19, 2016 - 11:56am PT
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Matty, nice shots. What lens did you use, and did you carry more than one lens on your big walls?
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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bump, and a related question --
if shooting climbers at the local crag, what would be a good (versatile) lens focal length for getting shots ... assuming the photographer has access only at the ground at at the top
I have a small kit, just a 17-40 zoom and 35 prime right now ... wondering if I would be better served with more range
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jul 15, 2018 - 02:35pm PT
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fumbledanotherone doH! bump,
thnx WyomingRockman, I used to have wild note books, The sort of things that covered what ever life needed to have written down.
Yesterdaze gnews,
If a thread is to burn it needs to take advantage of the vast diversity that the web allows for. I need to get links,I need to go study mfm, then try to keep the Flames burning
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Jul 17, 2018 - 04:01pm PT
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I have been using a Leica D-lux 700 for the past 10 yrs or so. Its a bit pricey, but takes excellent, high res images. I swaged a cable loop for a tie in, and carry it on my chalk bag sling (tied with a water knot.I know: I'm going to die)with a leash.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jul 17, 2018 - 05:12pm PT
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If you want a durable, fairly high quality, not Leica priced camera, the Olympus TG5 is good.
For something less durable, but extremely high quality, Sony RX100.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Jul 17, 2018 - 06:58pm PT
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Well, I have had my picture taken with a big camera anyway, a pinhole camera made out of a 55 gallon cardboard drum using a 30"x 40" piece of photo paper for the medium. I'm the guy back row, second from the right, with our most recent art car, Rabid Transit.
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Jul 19, 2018 - 12:20pm PT
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"not Leica priced". You get what you pay for. The optics are unbeatable, and I have used this camera hard for many years. I have had several other cameras suffer terminal failure during the same time period, but the Leica keeps on clicking.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jul 19, 2018 - 03:01pm PT
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My perspective on climbing cameras: shop around in the $200- $300 range at Costco or Fry's or other places with a selection of point and shoots. Do a bit of Internet comparisons, but don't get too hung up on perfection and specs. The favorite cameras I used happened to be Panasonic Lumix models.
The most important things that I appreciate in point and shoot climbing cameras:
1. cheap enough to not worry if you destroy it in a chimney, drop it, etc.
2. fast and easy to get it out and turn it on, or to turn it off and put it away, so you actually use it more
3. good optical zoom (this is the one major thing I feel missing while using iPhones these days)
4. good low light performance
5. built in pano/stitching support is nice
6. 2-5 second delay is nice to set camera on a rock and click the shutter and let vibrations die before the shutter opens.
7. very long shutter opening for night/star photography is nice. Some cameras let you manually dial a multi-second shutter speed, some just have fixed 15 and 30 second modes which are better than nothing.
The most important thing is to capture the moment, to have the camera out to get a shot when the light is nice, you have a cool frame with your partner in an interesting spot so it's not just the typical butt shot or top of the head shot, etc.
Next most important thing is to spend a tiny amount of time to learn the camera. Become familiar with quickly enabling the 2-3 second delay, changing white balance, turning flash on/off, picking a spot to set the light meter or focal length, modes to average out the light meter and focal length, macro mode, macro zoom, etc. You don't need to become a professional photography master, but just knowing a few things like what I said here takes the pictures up a notch from dumb point and shoot and makes even cameras in the $150 range produce great photos.
Most people aren't magnifying their photos for 24" x 36" posters... for screen display in trip reports and family sharing, and even normal prints, many cameras in the $200-$300 price range are going to be great.
I haven't bought a new climbing camera since I destroyed my last one... just use iPhones for the last few years. If I had more time to climb a lot again, I'd probably get a current version of the Panasonic Lumix for the nice optical zoom and familiarity of the features/interface.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jul 19, 2018 - 04:45pm PT
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I use a point and shoot as well as a Galaxy 7 but more but it's my Stashbandz that keeps me shooting on route. I noticed my wife jogging with one of these and the light went off.
I keep my phone stashed against my stomach above my harness. It also keeps cold air from going up my back.no, this is not me...
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Jul 19, 2018 - 11:41pm PT
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I think you are on the right track.
Canon has alot of nice compact cameras
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nopantsben
climber
europe
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Jul 20, 2018 - 12:10am PT
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Fuji X-E3 with the 28mm F2 lens is absolutely amazing. Fuji has lots of great affordable lenses and in the non-DSLR world, they are superior to Canon & Nikon for sure. Sony has good cameras too, like the A6000 series and the A7 series, but they are expensive.
The best thing about the Fuji for me is that they shoot such great jpg images with their superb internal conversion engine. I also have the fuji xt2, but when the primary objective is to climb and not to shoot, the X-E3 is the better choice. It's almost the same camera in a much smaller case.
Of course, an iphone 8 does some pretty good photos too, especially if used with some care. I don't think it's worth getting a $300 camera if you have a phone with a good camera on it.
edit: the photo above looked much better before uploading ;-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 20, 2018 - 01:16am PT
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Olympus makes some burly models that you can also swim upstream to yer spawning grounds with.
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