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9 great cameras for travelers

Historically, traveling photographers have had to choose between portability and image quality in their cameras.

No more.

Point and shoot cameras now have optical zooms to rival Pinocchio's nose, while full featured DSLR cameras are getting smaller and lighter.

Many cameras now manage large lenses as well as pocket sized chassis.

But with such a wide Pink Glitter Len8 100mm choice of cameras, how do you choose?

We recruited Nigel Atherton, editor of the UK based magazine What Digital Camera, and travel photographer Gary Arndt to find out what travel snappers should look for in a camera, and which cameras to consider.

Sensor size

The first specification to consider is the size of the lens sensor.

Along with megapixel count, this dictates general image quality as well as the camera's performance in low light, for example inside churches, night markets or in twilight along the Seine.

"Small sensors such as those in pocket cameras have very small pixels, which means they don't collect as much light," says Nigel Atherton, editor of the UK based magazine What Digital Camera.

In other words, a 16 megapixel lens on a large sensor camera like a DSLR captures far more details and better colors than the equivalent lens on a camera with a small sensor.

In that case, the camera has Black Glitter Len8 100mm to electronically amplify the details it captures which is what causes blurriness when you view the photos on a bigger screen.

If the final destination for your photos is Facebook, sensor size may not be as crucial as portability."The important thing is that the camera isn't too big and heavy, and that White Leather Private Number 120mm you have a good zoom range for both wide angle and telephoto shots," Atherton says.

A good bet would be a slim, light pocket camera with a decent optical zoom built in; for example, the Nikon Coolpix S9500 zooms to 22x.

But if zoom is important say you're planning on sports or wildlife photography, where you can't get any closer than 15 meters you may want to consider a superzoom camera (also known as a bridge camera).

Zoom and shutter speed

"These are very popular for travel as they are light, but built with a telephoto lens that can zoom up to 60 times," Atherton says.

For action or crowd shots, shutter speed or Red Patent Leather Private Number 120mm burst mode is a key factor.

"When dealing with anything that's active wildlife or people in action on the street faces change in a fraction of second," says travel photographer Gary Arndt.

"So a fast burst mode is helpful in shooting the several hundred photos you might need to get that single winning shot."

Arndt recommends adding a small tripod known as a gorilla pod to help stabilize tiny point and shoot cameras when they're on maximum zoom.