donnab52

I am so excited to take pictures on my vacation!  I haven't been so excited for my photography for a couple years-so it will be fun to get started again.  I also am planning on trying a bunch of mobile photography and am excited about seeing what I get with that too.  I love being in the "zone" when taking pictures. 🙂

On 12/29/2021 at 6:27 AM, pierces said:

What they said.

 

I recently went on a 4-day to nowhere cruise with only my phone as an experiment. I recently bought the phone as a camera as it has an incredible photo module. For shipboard photos and casual snaps, it was fantastic.

 

Photos here: https://pptphoto.com/galleries/Travel/Cruising/2021-12 Navigator/index.html

 

To contrast that, we went on an Alaska cruise earlier this year and I took both cameras and 5 lenses and it was fantastic-er. 🙂

 

Photos here: https://pptphoto.com/galleries/Travel/Cruising/2021 Alaska/index.html

 

The new phone is more of a camera to me than a phone and takes the place of a high-end compact for daily and casual travel, but it cannot replace the mirrorless cameras and their various lenses for situations like family portraits, important events, grandkid sports and travel to interesting venues.

 

Besides..cameras are just fun to use!

 

My 2¢...

 

Dave

Your pictures are amazing!  Did you use a tripod on the ship?  I feel like it won't be worth it.  Also, on the excursions-at least the helicopter ones-you cannot bring a bag.  I was thinking of bringing my 25-70 lens.  Do you think that would be adequate?

I just booked a solo cruise for myself.  I've never been on a cruise and I haven't traveled solo for at least 30 years--I am looking forward to it! 🙂