Taking camera on holiday?

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The other half has been busy and already booked two holidays for this year!

One will be a week in North Wales which I have no problems taking my dSLR along too hopefully get some landscape shots if there is enough room to get my tripod in the car too. But the other will be a week in Spain at a family resort mainly spending time with the kids at the water park which is 5 mins from the hotel. I have an old point and shoot or my phone which takes ok pictures but I dunno if to risk taking the dSLR with me and one lens?

Not sure if it's going to end up possibly getting wet/sand or stolen. Should I just not risk it and take my cheap point and shoot or use my phone instead and leave the dSLR at home?
 
Adam_M said:
Why did you buy a DSLR? To sit on a shelf as a trophy or to take pictures? Get real camera insurance and just take it.
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I would agree with this. No point having it to leave it sitting at home.
 
I'd talke your DSLR I took mine through some quite sketchy country's and was fine you just need to use common sense when you have it. Dont use your camera in the splash zone of the water parks keep an eye on your kit if your really worried about its security you can get lockable camera bags than can be locked around chair posts I used one up until I upgraded my kit and are really nice http://pacsafe.com/camsafe-200-anti-theft-camera-bag
 
ian-83 said:
The other half has been busy and already booked two holidays for this year!

One will be a week in North Wales which I have no problems taking my dSLR along too hopefully get some landscape shots if there is enough room to get my tripod in the car too. But the other will be a week in Spain at a family resort mainly spending time with the kids at the water park which is 5 mins from the hotel. I have an old point and shoot or my phone which takes ok pictures but I dunno if to risk taking the dSLR with me and one lens?

Not sure if it's going to end up possibly getting wet/sand or stolen. Should I just not risk it and take my cheap point and shoot or use my phone instead and leave the dSLR at home?
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If you're talking about Aqualandia in Chavidorm, there are lockers there in which you can put your camera when not using it.
Like others have said, I can't see the point in buying a nice camera, then leaving it at home.
 
I want to take it but the other half is the one whose popped the seed of worry in my head. The camera is covered new for old on the household insurance (directline) but not sure if they include any cover out of the UK. Will get the other half to check this as she is off work for a while. I wont religiously be carrying it around with me all the time so hope the room has a decent safe to pop it in.

The camera isn't getting much use recently been far too busy and had an operation recently, it does get used so hardly sits on a shelf and I haven't struggled to afford it so don't feel it sits there like a trophy but with a new baby on the way in February it will probably be used everyday then.

My only other thought was to get something like a Canon Powershot G12 or similar where I can take control more of the camera and still get decent shots but it not stand out like a dSLR would.
 
Having taken a DSLR on exotic holidays previously, I found that I was spending more time behind the viewfinder than I was actually enjoying the holiday. This year I will be taking a small compact which fits nicely in my pocket.

Granted, it's a good quality compact and capable of taking very nice photos, which has probably edged my decision to leave the DSLR and a handful of lenses at home.
 
ian-83 said:
The camera isn't getting much use recently been far too busy and had an operation recently, it does get used so hardly sits on a shelf and I haven't struggled to afford it so don't feel it sits there like a trophy but with a new baby on the way in February it will probably be used everyday then.
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All the more reason to take it then. Different country, different culture, different sites. All mean golden opportunities.
 
I agree with taking the DSLR (but also with being VERY wary about not spending too much time holidaying vicariously through the viewfinder).

Having said that, are you in a position to look at a cheap second-hand DSLR body as a backup and a body you could take into situations like this where if it gets damaged or stolen it is not a big deal? I am at a lower point in the equipment range (my main camera is a D5000), but I have a D50 I got really cheaply as a backup. I took it on a recent trip into outback Australia, where I would not have been comfortable taking the D5000 - good photos without having to care too much if it got red dust into it.
 
I would bring both cameras. If you do not expect professionally-look photos for the water park, then use the point and shoot camera.

Use the DSLR for something else - perhaps architecture, landscape in Spain.
 
Scarecrow said:
Having taken a DSLR on exotic holidays previously, I found that I was spending more time behind the viewfinder than I was actually enjoying the holiday. This year I will be taking a small compact which fits nicely in my pocket.
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Yes either that or humping around a big bag of gear whilst being concious of NOT wanting to pee the other half off by spending an hour trying to set a shot up.

Best decision I ever made was to get a decent compact for holiday use...and the photos are an awful lot more fun too.
 
I take mine everywhere, you just cant beat a DSLR. Agree with other comments about taking it with you. Maybe just take a prime to cut down on weight if you need to. I am fully insured with Aaduki so would not worry about theft.
 
Dslrs don't stand out anywhere even remotely touristy any more.
 
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