Vacation, what camera to bring?

[scupking]

I will be going to Florida in a few days and don't know what I want to bring.
Should I bring the D40 with the 18-55 or 55-200vr (don't want to bring both). I also have a canon A590IS that I will bring. The A590IS takes good pics for a point and shoot. Should I even bring the D40? I'm also bringing my canon HF100 HD video camera. To many cameras..........

[herc182]

christ...I take a lot of photos with my 55-200 and now, the 70-200. However, I would never limit myself to one lens.

I would take the 18-55 if you really had to pick one...at worst, you can crop to zoom.

[philwojo]

I think it might also depend on what type of vacation you are taking, where you are going, and what kind of pics you expect to take with it.

[XaiLo]

I think three cameras and two hands does not add up.

[josef]

I'd say D40 and both lenses (but if only one, the 18-55). I took a vacation to Jamaica when I had just got my D80 but I was too scared to bring it (the sand & water thing was freakin me out) and only brought my Canon P&S. The picture opportunities were everywhere and they came out great but I REALLY regretted not bringing my D80.

don't really know on the video camera.. it's a different subject.. i mean, it's a totally different beast.. if you're going with family then it's a no-brainer and i'd say definitely bring it..

i dunno, bringin 3 cameras would be a lil overkill in my book.

[scupking]

I'm going to Orlando and will probably head out to the Space center one day then do the Disney stuff the rest of the week. I don't really want to bring the D40 into the parks.

[Screenclutter]

My current plan for France in August will be my Canon A610 for day shots, and the D40 with my future 35mm AF-S DX lens for night time shots.

Actually, I don't think I use zoom much on my A610, so the D40 with the prime may become the main shooting camera.

[K1W1]

I don't really want to bring the D40 into the parks.

You have answered your own question. There is no point in taking a camera just to leave it in a Hotel room so take the P&S and the video camera.

[fionndruinne]

If you can live without the SLR, go for it. Personally, I couldn't.

[Cyberwlf]

I couldnt live without my dSLR. Heck, I backpacked around Europe with it for 3 months, carrying it on my own back everywhere i went because it felt like a crime to be 'stuck' with only my P&S by comparison.