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Small decent camera for travel and selfies (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world to c/photography@lemmy.ml
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Hi guys! I'd like to consider a small portable camera to carry around whenever traveling, that takes about as little space and weight as possible. The idea is replacing the mobile phone on a stick, as a lot can go wrong when attempting a silly picture near a lake or waterfall (you get the idea).

So I guess no additional lenses or similar, just a portable camera that takes good pictures. As it might be also for my gf's use, one of the features I'd like it to have probably would be a reversible screen so it can be used to take selfies. And perhaps another one might be an optical zoom, but this might not be mandatory. I am lucky to be in a country where a lot of the models might be available, and even second hand, but I'd need some direction about what would be recommended.

Thanks!

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[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

A cheap second hand android camera? There's some with good lenses around now for not a lot of money, and if it does get damaged there's no big loss.

Doesn't need a sim card to upload via wifi (and you can hotspot or bluetooth-tether from another phone to provide it with internet access if needed), and would be better registered to a second Google account so if it's stolen there's no chance of them getting access to the primary account. Or do put a PAYG sim card in and it's also available as a spare in case the primary phone gets lost of broken.

I use an old phone as a GPS on my motorbike and keep my primary safely in my pocket.