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Last trip took about 700 in 8 days but I did not carry a lot of memory with me. We are loaded for bear this time with an upgraded camera and enough memory for 5000+ photos. No excuse this time!! Remember though, if you are going to be taking lots of pics you already know you will also need BATTERIES. These cameras really consume the power (I will be carrying 4 batteries with me good for a total of 700-800 a day). Have fun - take lots of pics.
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I generally take about 100 per day.....i've got three 1 GB memory cards. sometimes xfer to a laptop or have CDs burned while i'm there. I believe they were $11.
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I took 338 for 6 days worth. And I missed quite a few just because I didn't have the camera ready. Likely could have been closer to 375 or so.
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I'm with those recommending the extra memory cards. They're not that exepnsive. You won't need to bring along the laptop (unless you really need to) and instead of downloading photos, you can be doing something else.
I took 1,050 on our December trip (7 days). On several memory cards.
I usually take several memory cards and no laptop so that I don't waste valuable vaca time to transfer pics etc.
I have a 1G and a 2G card (and several older 512 MB cards) si this is definitely plenty of space to use. Once home I can upload into computer for printing, and also this lets me transfer them to photo CS's then I clear the cards for future use.
We too usually take between 60-75 pics per day, but then we usually end up deleting about 10-15 for whatever reason. My upcoming trip will be the first time that I don't have a laptop with me. However, it's just me & Mom on this trip (no kids, extended family, first visits, etc) so I'm expecting the photo count to be a little lower. (how many pictures of the castle do I really need?)
On the other hand, I am hoping to compile pictures from my sister & brother and put together the photo DVD for mom for Christmas. Since we can upload our own pics as well as use the ones from Disney's photopass and some stock images, I think this might be a great idea and I may end up taking MORE since I have devious plot that needs help hatching.
I take between 700-800 while on vacation, and I'm in about 2 of those!!! How come its always the mum's who take the pics and the dads and kids are always in the pics???? Thank God for the photopass!!!
We take a lot of pictures. We did a 16 or 17 day trip last, and I took I think about 1200 pictures, and DH took about 1400. He had a 1 GB card and we had to download it to the computer a couple of times to make more room
We just bought a new camera and gave dd (6yo) our old one. In the last 2wks she took 75 shots at a family BBQ (only stopping because the batteries ran out and we didn't bring extras!) and this past weekend between two hours at the local zoo and a family get together she maxed out the card. Granted I think it's a 512...but it may be 1gb... I can't remember.
So between her and our camera I'm thinking we either get a TON of cards or definitely bring dh's laptop to upload them and clear the cards!
As inexpensive as cards are, I would invest in some extra. I'd rather bring them and not use them, than run out of room and not have any options!
We probably shoot 3,000+ for a week's stay. I take a 4gb and eight 2gb cards with me, like Minniemouse27 I would rather have too many than wish I had more. I will also take a laptop, and burn the images to DVDs and store them on the hard drive. Since hard drives, DVDs and storage cards can and do go bad, this method backs-up my images.
I take between 700-800 while on vacation, and I'm in about 2 of those!!! How come its always the mum's who take the pics and the dads and kids are always in the pics???? Thank God for the photopass!!!
I SOOOO understand this. I have always been behind the camera. This trip its going to be VERY different. We are going with a group of 4 adult (including me and DH) and one child (10 year old DS). We will probably have 4 cameras between the 5 of us - so I'm bound to end up in quite a few shots this go round!! We are actually contemplating getting our DS an inexpensive camera of his own. He is really good about taking care of electronics and has been begging for one for several months now. In fact, he asked me a couple months ago - "Mom, when are you and Dad going to get a new camera?" "Why??" "Well, then I could have your old one." Such a logical little guy!!!
I figure this trip with all the cameras, we are going to have so many pics I'm not going to know what to do!! I'm a scrapper and I KNOW you can't scrap them all even if you wanted to!!! Jennifer
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