Lost Nikon Coolpix P5000 what happens if you lose your camera when traveling? My daughter has lost hers while walking the el camino santiago pilgrimage. I am trying to help her find her camera, I am hoping another pilgrim would have picked it up and may try to find who it belongs to. If this person tries to search this lost camera I am also hoping that they will find one of the posts that I have made. I have also found a site that helps people who have or have found a camera. It is a great site that makes it easy to list the camera and location of lost or found cameras, it also provides a gallery to upload photos to help with identification. Great idea, here is a link to www.foundcamera.com Here is a description of where and how my daughter thinks she lost here camera,

I had my camera leaving Fromista. I'm pretty sure I also had it in the next town 3.8 km later called Poblacion de Campos. After this town there was a choice to walk along the road or to walk along the river and we chose the path along the river, about 10 km later in Villalcazar de Sirga I went to take a picture and realized that i didnt have my camera anymore. In those 10 km we only passed through one small town called Villovieco, but we stopped other places in the shade along the path and it must have just fell out of my bag at some point. So, it could be anywhere along this 10 km stretch of path beside the river. I should've gone back to look for it, but it was hot and the thought of walking backwards in the sun with no shade overpowered the desire to find my camera. I regretted that later when I was rested again, but well thats what happened.

In an earlier post I made reference to the change in this blog from cameras to bicycles. It is still winter here in Grand Forks so not to much has happened with www.cycleforfun.ca but www.contactphotoarts.com have received their first stock of the new Panasonic TS3. I think this is the camera for me with bike touring. As in the past Contact Photo Arts is one of the first stores to have stock of this new camera. Here is a link to their products page, Bill

One more from the Canary Islands, we were fortunate to catch this traveling exhibit of Rodin sculptures on a street in Las Palmas. There were five in total and they seemed to be enjoying the sun and warmth as much as we were. G1 with 20 Bill

Happy New year everyone. I know I am a little late but we have had a very busy start to the year 2011. With this post my blog will began slowly to change. My life is more about bicycles now than cameras. We now have a new business found here Cycle For Fun and it has now been one year since we sold Contact Photo Arts. I am still a part time employee for the new owners of Contact Photo Arts and I am still helping people find the right camera for their needs but I also have other interests, two of which are cycling and travel. Cycle for Fun is a retail home based sales business selling recumbent and semi recumbent bicycles. One of these bicycles folds and fits into a suitcase, perfect for taking your bicycle with you on a holiday. We did just that this January taking a Cruzbike Quest folding recumbent with us to the Canary Islands to visit our daughter who has been living there. If it wasn't for this visit I don't think we would have ever discovered the Canary Islands as it is a place few North Americans seem to visit. This trip was my first with a bicycle in a suitcase. I have always dreamed of landing at an exotic airport, opening my suitcase, putting together my bicycle and riding off into the sunset. I know there are other people with a similar dream, if you are one of them I have published an article Traveling with the Cruzbike Quest. I did take my Panasonic G1 on this trip with just one lens, the 20 mm 1.7, I enjoyed having just one lens and it was also an interesting travel experience for me because as much as I like capturing photos this trip was not just about capturing those photos but also riding through a foreign and very interesting landscape. I will be posting more photos here and in a gallery at Cycle For Fun Happy new year, Bill

Here is another from the new Panasonic 14 mm 2.5 Bill

Here is my first photo from the new Panasonic 14 mm 2.5 pancake lens. Gus and I are inside near the wood fire waiting for the first snow of the year. This lens if very small and will be nice for landscapes, I will use it to post a photo of the first snow fall, may not be long, Bill

P.S. www.contactphotoarts.com has stock, 449.00

There is nothing better than a new camera to try out, this is taken with the new Panasonic FZ40. I am still looking for my deer in the cross walk photo but I am getting close, Bill

Link to Face Book page Deer Grand Forks

Hi, Have received my first stock of the Panasonic FZ40. I do plan on using one over the weekend and comparing the difference in sensor with the FZ100. The cost in Canada is 449.00, cheers Bill

Morning light and the Samsung Ex 1, I was waiting for a deer to walk into the photo but they most have slept in today. I still have a demo Ex 1 and have become very attached to this camera. This was using the cameras smart range which captures two files and combines them for a greater dynamic range. Bill

Here is a photo that I took this morning with our trusty Panasonic FZ18. I have a new project that I have titled Deer Grand Forks It is a Face Book page focused on the deer population of Grand Forks B.C. If you have been a long time reader of my blog you will know that Grand Forks is home to many, many deer. Some of the photos that I have posted here in the past I have re posted there but there is also new ones and other peoples deer photos as well. If you have photos of deer in Grand Forks please consider adding yours. If you are a Face Book fan please consider "liking" the page as I would like to build the numbers, cheers Bill

Here is one more that I took at ISO 200, the photo below is ISO400

Panasonic FZ100, there is quite a fuss about this new camera as introduced in my last post. I was one of the first in the world to post photos from this camera on Dpreview and they have received much attention. Dpreview have also posted their comparison of the FZ100 to other cameras and there is cause for concern. There maybe a problem with their comparison photo or the photo may be an accurate representation of the camera. If the photo is an accurate representation of the quality of this camera's still image then I think we may be seeing a shift in Panasonic's priorities. The camera has a very nice feature set and may be better suited to people using the cameras video mode more than people looking for a ultra zoom camera for stills. For me I am now waiting for the FZ40 to arrive in early Sept. This camera will have the same lens but a ccd sensor and it will be interesting to see how the still images compare. This is a photo that I took while walking to work this morning. I was thinking of the people out there who may be using the FZ100 as a birding camera. Stay tuned for more, regards Bill

It has been a while again between photos but the summer here is so nice and with a bike ride every night and a swim in the river..... well.

Here is some exciting news, soon I will have stock of the new Panasonic ultra zoom, the FZ100. The is the first big change in the very popular Panasonic ultra zoom camera since the introduction of the FZ18. I have posted many photos from the FZ18 in the past and for myself felt no need to use the later EZ28 and last years model FZ35. This may change as the new FZ100 has a 24x lens. This will be a very popular camera and you may see some of the first photos taken with one posted here. I expect stock any day now. The cost in Canada is 549.00 Here is a link to the products page on our home page Contact Photo Arts.

With the rain this year the wild flowers are very colorful. This morning light photo has been taken with the Samsung Ex1. Bill

One more from the EX1, it is still raining off and on here and summer seems like it will never come but the clouds do make for nice sunsets. The price of the EX1 is still 499.00 for my remaining stock. Bill Wilby

We now have a new cost of the EX1 in Canada, the SRP price is 549.00 and Contact Photo Arts have a price of 499.00 until the end of June. cheers Bill

It stopped raining long enough for me to take a few photos, one good thing about the clouds is that they do provide a nice background for the river and trees. This photo was taken with the Samsung EX1 using smart range and editing in camera. I lowered the density by two stops which is the maximum amount. It is possible to edit a photo twice though which I have tried. Bill Wilby

Today is a nice day, we have been waiting awhile for sunshine and with the flowers and a little heat it is beginning to feel that summer is really on its way. These photos I have just taken with the Samsung EX1, a great little P&S shoot camera. The AMOLED screen is very usable in bright sunshine. I was one of the first in Canada and the world to have stock of this camera as I received stock mid May. It is taking the photo community awhile to notice this camera but that may soon change as Luminous-landscape has just posted their review. This review reflects the experience that I have been having with this camera. I have only one problem, I need to sell cameras and it has been difficult to sell this camera. In our global market place it is very easy for us to see prices of products in other countries. It would be nice to have global pricing but this has yet to happen. Canada was the first to receive this camera and we also have the distinction of having the highest cost. My goal is to be a source for the Samsung EX1 in Canada but this may not happen unless the price of this camera increases in the rest of the world or decreases here in Canada, most of us would like to see the decrease, "eh" Bill

Here is a photo for you Mom, we are still looking for our first fawns but if you look closely at these deer you may see that it may be soon. I am still enjoying using the Samsung Ex1. I have re-sized this file in camera before posting, Bill

please note here is a link to this file full size posted on dpreview forum, I had forgot that I resized this as small as I did to post to Face Book, there is a Face Book page for the EX1/Tl500, here is a link.

We have received our Samsung lenses, the 30 mm F2 is very small. Both the 30 mm and the 50-200 feel very well built. There is bundle pricing for the body and extra lenses, 1049.00 including the 30mm and 995.00 including the 50-200. We have stock of the Nx10 with 18-45 at 790.00. This still-life has been taken with the Samsung Ex1, have I told you how much I enjoying using this Ex1, Bill